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 Hey! This isn't my screen name, it's my friends. She said I could e-mail you all on her account so my true identity isn't revealed. Okay, to make a long story short, me and my friends were at a coffee shop called Java Daves in downtown Tulsa and we saw none other than TAYLOR HANSON there! That was awesome. He was with some guy who looked around 17 or 18 and these two girls who looked about the same. One of them had shoulder length blonde hair, one of them had long brown hair that was almost down to her waist, but not quite. I remember them being pretty, but I didn't really pay any attention to them. I was so shocked to see Taylor! OMG! I didn't say anything b/c I didn't want to invade his privacy, so I chilled and pretended not to care. I was looking the other way when my best friend told me that Taylor kissed the brunette on the cheek and then she kissed him on the lips ! and they held hands. I turned around and saw them holding hands and smiling at one another. It was so cute! I'm glad that he has a girlfriend and she seems really nice. I've heard they've been together a lot. Anyway, the point of this is to clear up the rumors about Taylor's Brazilian girlfriend and to let everyone know that Hanson is at home! If you have any questions/comments etc., please e-mail this address! Please, don't send any hate mail b/c my friend really didn't do anything to deserve it and neither did I. I'm just telling you guys what happened that day at Java Daves. PS- I want to know what the fans think of this because if you guys don't want to hear it, I won't give you guys anymore updates!

 Wow!! I know it was a reeeally long time ago that I went to the concert, but I haven't had time to post my review since then, with school and all. So neway, here I go. My name's Mathilde (I know, it sounds weird, itz French for Matilda), and I am so happy that I moved back here from France before the TTA tour started, cuz I wouldn't have missed this concert for the world. I went to the Greensboro show on September 2nd (wow, I can't believe that's already 3 months away, it doesn't seem that long). I'd just like to say, if anyone of you who went there remember the girl with the big sign that said "ITZ MY 16TH B-DAY", then that was me. I felt so lucky that I was going to my first Hanson concert the day of my sweet 16 birthday!! Isn't that so awesome? Neway. Me and my best friend Jana left Raleigh around 3 o'clock ! (an hour later than we were supposed to, bummer), and headed towards Greensboro. The drive there was only an hour and a half, but it seemed sooo long, we couldn't wait any longer to finally see our favorite band ever in real life!! On the way there, in the car, we put up Hanson pictures on the windows as people drove by, and I had a sign that said "Hanson Rule!!" It was reeeally funny seeing some people's reactions. :-). Neway, when we finally got to the Colisseum Complex, we looked around to find where the auditorium actually was, and we went inside and asked a lady, and she told us it was on the other side of the big building, but that it wasn't open yet (DUH!! we kinda figured that, since our tickets said that the doors opened at 6:30). Neway. So we went back to the car and ate something, then we heard a bunch of screaming, and looked in that direction, and saw that Hanson's tour buses were ! parked over there by the building. Being the huge Hanson fans that we are, we ran as fast as we could to see why people were screaming. It turns out that the buses had been there for about an hour (that's why I was pissed that we didn't leave earlier, cuz we would have seen them come out of the buses, oh well, tough luck), and people were just screaming for the heck of it. Well, we decided to stay there by all the other fans (there weren't that many there yet, only about 10-15), so we quickly went to tell Jana's aunt (who had taken us there) what we were doing. Before walking back towards the building, Aunt Lynda took pics of me and Jana by some cars that were decorated for the concert (a light green Taurus and a dark green van-- thanks to you people who decorated your cars). When we got back near the maroon bus, we started talking to some people, and saw these two girls that had Meet'n'Greet passes.! We asked them how they had gotten them, and they told us that an hour before we got there, the babysitter girl (long blond hair, I think her name's Ashley) had given passes out to the fans who were there (another reason why i'm pissed we didn't get there earlier). We were so jealous, but we were so happy to just be there, that it didn't matter. Well, people kept coming in and out of the bus, so we saw all their little siblings. I got a picture of Zoe with Ashley (I know they don't like us taking pics of them, but it was from far away, and she was sooo cute). We stood their by the bus and talked to everyone (there were suddenly a lot more fans than we remembered, about 40 now). This one lady came around and passed out sheets saying what we should yell when Tay sings "Do you love me?" in In The City, she was reeeally cool, she was carrying a boom-box around with her, playing MON, and I was sooo ! happy when Weird came on (itz my fave song ever), that I told her to turn it up. :-). After a while, we saw people gathering around a person, so of course we had to go see what was going on. It was just the lead singer of Neve, Hanson's opening act. Everyone was getting pictures with him and getting his autograph, so I did the same. He was reeeally nice. Neway, when it came about time we were supposed to go in, we started heading towards the main entrance to the auditorium. On the way, we saw tons of people crowded around the backstage door, so I decided we would wait there before going in, to make sure we didn't miss anyone important coming out (it turns out my friend Jana and her aunt didn't know we weren't supposed to wait there before going in, so I fooled them, hehe). Then we walked through the light rain (I harldy even noticed it was raining, I was so excited) to get to the d! oors, and saw through the windows that the entrance hall was PACKED, but of course we went in neway, we aren't scared of a bunch of Hanson fans, after all we are fans ourselves. It took a while to get through the turning metal bar thingies, but we finally got our tickets checked and went through. You wanna know what pissed me off, they wouldn't let me take my sign in, the one that said it was my birthday, I felt reeeally bad cuz Aunt Lynda had to take it back to the car. We then got in line for the souvenir shop area thing, after buying our programs from this reeeally nice guy Joe. We waited in line forever, but when I was finally at the front, I bought quite a lot of stuff. I'm not going to say a lot, because I know some people spent twice as much money as me. This one girl I was talking to in line, who's 14th birthday it was (hi, if you remember me), spent over $140, she kept asking her dad f! or more money, it was reeeally funny. Neway, while we were in line, the people behind the counter were calling a guy named Joe, so, since I have a reeeally loud voice, I called too, and he finally answered, and that's how we found out the program guy's name was Joe. We later went to talk to him to see if he could get us backstage passes, but he couldn't. Boo-hoo. Neway, we found our seats, which we found to be a lot closer than we thought they would be (they were 21st row on Isaac's side, cool), put our stuff down, and went to the bathroom (we weren't going to get up during the concert to go to the bathroom). When we came back, we saw those girls again, the ones that had the meet'n'greet passes, and they had just come back from meeting Hanson, and we asked them if we could have their passes, but they said you can only use them once. So we walked back to our seats, and realized that the people i! n line waiting to meet Hanson all had the same # written on their passes, so we thought we could get in if we found those girls again, cuz they had said they would give us the passes if they could. But, with our luck, we couldn't find the 2 girls again (itz ok, we forgive you). Suddenly, the lights started dimming, and everyone started screaming, so we ran back to our seats to enjoy a very cool but short performance by Neve. But we were so impatient to see Hanson, we didn't pay that much attention. They left the stage, and the lights came back on, and we saw the stage crew set up Hanson's stuff. We kept seeing this guy pop his head out of the curtain on the left side of the stage, and wondered what he was doing, and we finally realized that it was Isaac, how cool is that? So neway, the lights finally dimmed again, and Hanson came on stage, and started singing You Never Know, and then, Heave! n. They put on such a good show, singing 28 songs, lots of which were unreleased ones or covers, it was truely amazing to see them perform live, cuz you know all along before you see them that they're great artists, but seeing them live is just WOW!!! Taylor looked soooo hot the whole time, especially after he took his overshirt off, we kept telling him to take the wife-beater off too, but he couldn't hear us, I'm sure he wouldv'e done it. There are 3 best parts about the whole experience: 1) When they sang Sure About It just for me (shhh!! don't tell me itz not true, I know it was just for me, cuz that's my song) 2) When I was touched by an angry angel. At one point, during In The City, when Taylor was running all over the stage, he came sooo close to the edge, everyone started running down the aisle to go touch his hand. And of course, I was a part of the everyone, and I reached as high as I could, and I'm sure I stepped on people's feet, and ripped people's hair out, but it doesn't matter, I had to touch Tay's hand. And guess what? I did, right before he left our side of the stage, the most talented guy in the world shook my hand. Wow, it was awesome, not just because "Oh my God!! Taylor Hanson touched MY hand", but because it made me realize that it was reality, that it wasn't all a dream. Great!!! 3) When Zac talked to me after the show. We left the auditorium early, in the middle of the encore (I wish we hadn't now, but itz ok) to be able to see them go to the bus. It took them awhile, but Ike finally ran out of the builiding, and everyone started running towards him. Then Zac walked out casually, and as soon as he got close enough, I took a picture of him, and then started running. As he was about to get on the bus, I grabbed his shirt, and after a few seconds, he said to me "All right, please let go of me!!" in a joky mood, then I wouldn't let go, so he said "Ok, I reeeally have to go now, but thanks for coming to the show". That was too awesome. I got to touch Zac Hanson's stomach, and he talked to me!! Neway. Now what am I left with? A Hanson concert ticket stub, a Hanson hat, a concert poster, a Hanson laminate, a Hanson keychain, 4 rolls of wonderful pictures, and the memories. Ahhh...the memories, they're definetly the best. I can't wait till they come back, cuz I'll be there Next Time Around. If anyone who was at the Greensboro concert remembers me, e-mail me at Sureaboutit2002@aol.com. bye. Peace, love and bulletproof marshmallows. Mathilde.

 Hi ya'll! My name's Jennifer and I went to the Boston concert on September 21, 2000 at the Orpheum Theater. I guess I'll start off with the fact that there was sooo much traffic b/c the Red Sox were also playing a game that night and coming from the I 92 west (I think) you have to take the exit that goes right by the home field. On our way, we saw fans in the car next to us and we waved back and forth (I love the HANSON fan community! Everyone's so cool!). We couldn't find Tremont Street (1 Hamilton Place is the Orpheum's address and it's actually just a building in a small alley off that). My step-mom saw some girls carrying signs so we follwed them. Good thing my Dad took us b/c my mom would have gotten lost! The whole time you could hear this sort of buzzing noise. As we got closer to the venue it got louder. I realized it wasn't buzzing, it was Fansons. Literally, thousand of girls outside the Orpehum chanting "HANSON, HANSON!" over and over again! After we found parking my step-sis and I made our way to the Theater. Two tour buses were parked in front. B/c it's in this little alley, the main entrance is the only entrance (I'm thinking fire hazard...). So, for prosperity, everyone who went buy quickly touched the bus gently. I admit, it was a teeny moment. I hate when that happens. LOL :D We met alot of cool girls there and everyone was singing "If Only" as we waited to be let in. The concert started at 7:30pm and they didn't let us in until like 7:00pm! Also, some girls were getting annoying and banging on the bus so a light went on in the inside and someone posted a paper saying "Please don't knock on the bus. Thanks." So, fair warning, don't knock the bus. We got in and found our seats. The security for the Orpheum passed out cd-roms of the "If Only" single so u can pop it in your computer and watch the video (very cool). I read somewhere that M2M was upset b/c noone really listened or stood up for their performances. I felt bad, so my step-sis and I stood up. Then some rude teenys started throwing quarters at us to sit down b/c they wanted to sit for the opening act. How rude! Anyway, when M2M thanked HANSON for bringing them on tour, the screaming started. It went throught the whole concert. M2M got off after playing a really good set. I like those girls. No matter what you read about them, they seem like they really love music. Then the roadies changed the equipment and HANSON came out! The screaming! ohmigoodness! It was insane! They guys rocked out! They were having so much fun. The best part had to be during one of the songs (In The City, I think) when Taylor jumped from one balcony, caught on the fans hangs and hung their, then jumped to the other side and did the same except the fans in the pit held him up by his feet so he was eye-level with the balcony fans! Wicked cool! "This Time Around" was the song of the night! It got evreyone singing in unison! Wicked fun! It was soo much better than the Great Woods performance (Boston, 98) b/c they sound so much better and are more comfortable on stage. It was the time of my life! I even forgot about the presentation I had to make the next morning at 7:30am at school! Highlights: My Dad told me all this: All the parents waited for their kids across the street sitting on the steps of a building with lawn chairs and signs that said "HANSON has our daughters" and "Honk for the tired parents of HANSON fans!" LOL! :D People honked as they went buy and the college kids coming out of Suffolk University of Law (the building next to the Orpheum) all asked them what was going on! My fave though was about 10 high-school kids on skateboards rolled by, looked at the sign that said "HANSON" above the theater and said "F***ing HANSON!" To which one of the fathers replied, "Those boys are idiots! There are three thousand girls in there!" LOL :D Set list: (sorry don't remember the order) Thinking of You, Look At You, Speechless, Lucy, Money (that's what I want), Runaway Run, TTA, Can't Stop, Love Song, Wish That I Was There, Sure About It, You Never Know, If Only, In the City, Dying to Be Alive, I Don't Know, Smile, covers: Sunshine of Your Love~Cream, You Can't Always Get What You Want ~Rolling Stones, w/ encore of Man From Milwaukee and TTA accapella ~sorry wasn't close enough to give great detail on what the guys wore exc. that Zac had a Led Zepplin tee on, and both Tay (luff him!) and Ike were in white wife-beaters by the shows end! ~Jennifer, 17, Massachusetts, Inluvwithtaylor@aol.com

 OK. First of all, about you sighings and personal experiences section. I have a BIG problem with all of this crap that Hanson get drunk, smoke, are rude, and have girlfriends. Well, that part might be true but read that section! You people make it sound like their gf's have 500 different names! Hanson love and respect their fans. They'd NEVER be rude to us. They are a christian family so they aren't gonna go get drunk and smoke. Diana and Walker have more morals than to let their son's to that. Still, they are teenagers so they're gonna be wild sometimes. Everyone is. I would appreciate it if everyone would stop all this stupid gossip until Hanson comments on all of this themselves. Whatever happened to Peace, Love, and Bulletproof Marshmellows? Where the hell's the love ? Fansons are Forever............ Please put this in the latest news section where it can be seen by everyone.

 About "A Song To Sing" - Hey Hanson fans! I live near Hanson, and so when they're home, I meet up with them sometimes. We aren't really friends, but if I see them in a store or wherever, I will go up and talk to them. Well Friday, I was at Warehouse Music, and I saw the three of them. Well, we started talking, and they were so nice. Being like most of you girls out there, I got up the courage to bring up the girlfriend fiasco. But, instead of saying "Hi do you have girlfriends?" I asked what some of their songs are about..like "A Song To Sing". Well, Taylor said "That was the last song we wrote for the album...we wrote it around Christmas. We had met this girl...online, Sara." Then he paused for a second and said "The other songs, like 'Save Me', 'Wish That I Was There'...we wrote those through our feelings, lonliness." He said more that sort of went in one ear and out the other - but the look of urgency penatrated throughout their faces, so I got curious about who exactly Sara is. Isaac said she's a deep inspiration for the upcoming album, and I just thought that was sweet. I mean, I guess you guys will be mad about that - and trust me, I understand. I felt like crying at that moment, but if you would see the sincerity in their voices and in their eyes when they spoke about her, it was amazing. I don't have much detail on her, but I do know that she lives in New Orleans. There is also another girl involved, Sara's friend, but I really didn't get much out of the guys. And they aren't dating these two girls..yet, its purely an online thing. I just thought that was kinda cool. =) ~Mary~

 Hey everybody....I’m Lucy from São Paulo and I’d like to talk about what went on here…..well….i talked to the girl who stayed at the hotel here….and she told me a lot of stories…and she said they really did smoke….i don’t actually buy it but anyways ..other girl told me the same thing 5 min later…that couldn’t be just coincidence… that rumor started here and in Rio at the same time...girls claim they really smoke in São Paulo and in Rio...that's not something that only one girl saw.....but still I don’t know ..i just can’t picture Tay or Ike smoking… Some girl said in her review that it’s impossible cause they wouldn’t do it in front of Diana and the kids…..well I agree with that…but just for u to know…Diana wasn’t here with the kids so…… I’m not saying I believe that cause I don’t really….but….as Tay use to say ”YOU NEVER KNOW!” I heard a little girl (about 11 or 12) say that she would start loving Zac the best cause she was very disapointed with Tay and Ike…I mean…it’s cute cause she is so innocent but…come on… And for those Brazilian girls PATY and JULY….hey get over your self…..get a life or whatever…if you really think you can’t love them the same now that’s fine…then don’t. What I think is : doesn’t really matter?…we like them as a band right?…of course we love those boys too….buy does it change the way we feel about them? Or how great their music make us feel or what it means to us?…well it shouldn’t cause this is not our business….we have nothing to do with that or if they are dating someone or anything…..just let them do what they want without judging every single thing….they are teenagers….and teenagers smoke, teenagers have fun..….why wouldn’t they…..and about the drinking…that I don’t doubt at all…..come on girls…..do you really thing they don’t drink?….ever?….hahaha…that’s ridiculous…of course they do…I don’t know if they got drunk here but if they did….good for them…I hope they had a good time here! Enough about that…I just wanna say that the concert here was just amazing…I almost died when they started singing Bridges of Stone….i love so much that song( actually if someone has any record of this song besides the ones in Napster PLEASE let me know cause the Napters versions aren’t good..so….PLEASEEEEEEE!!!!!!) Well to those who haven’t heard Zac did some Karate fight on a TV show here with the host…..actually he asked Zac to do some of his karate sounds and then he stood up and started goofing around doing some YAHHHH!….then the host Luciano asked him to do it in front of the cameras and he was like..NO , I’M A DRUMER NOT A MARTIAL ARTIST then everyone goes ZAC! ZAC! ZAC! ZAC!....then Luciano says…I’m GONNA FIGHT WITH YOU MAN! And Zac says “ IS THIS A THREAT?.IF YOU DON’T COME OUT HERE I’M GONNA KICK THE CRAP OUT OF YOU..IS THAT WHAT U TRYING TO TELL ME?”(this are his actual words)…and Lu goes YES!…then Zac gets up in the drums and jumps and stars doing some karate thing …and he is laughing so hard….Tay and Ike just don’t believe he is doing it….and everyone is screaming….then Zac just grabs him and lifts him up and start going round and round with him..and he actually holds him up and then throws him on the floor…..Ike is almost dying of laughing so hard then he goes back to his drums ,gives Tay a high five and Lu just stay there laying in the floor and Tay says YOU ASKED THAT MAN…. And Lu says he’s gonna call a couple of friends to fight with the three of them…..and Tay goes OH YOU DON’T WANNA GO THERE MAN…YOU JUAT SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH ZAC AND I DON’T THINK YOU WANNA ALL THE THREE OF US OUT THERE! Man…that was just the coolest things I’ve ever seen….it was so funny…..i guess this is in a video on a website to download…..if someone wants to see it email me and I’ll help you out with that!….and I also have a lot of cool pics from the boys here…..some pics of them in the hotel pool where someone said they got drunk….if you want that….or just wanna talk about anything…email me at lucy@HansonBrasil.zzn.com….. Thaxs for reading my review…Kisses to everyone and I LOVE HANSON!……LUCY!

 "It was meant to happen," is how my friend describes Sept.29/00, the day we met Zac Hanson. I on the other hand can still not believe what had happened nor how it had. It was just a coincedence I guess..... Everything was cool. It was the night of Sept.29 and I and my friend, and her mother were arriving at the hotel which had booked to stay at for the weekend in Toronto. We had gotten tickets for a M2M concert and lived 2 hrs away so we decided to stay the weekend. Of course we knew it was a Hanson concert, that M2M was just opening for them but the whole reason we were going was for M2M. We were and still are huge fans of them and for Hanson I guess at that time I could not say the same. It was about 9:00 and we were all settled in. But my friend had forgot her toothbrush in all the rush of packing! Can u believe it? LOL! So we than proceeded to get changed and I and her headed down stairs to the gift shop, hoping it would still be open and would be selling toothbrushes! We got on the elevator and in a rush we hoped it would not stop on any other floors but it did. I guy with long hair came in with his head kind of down and Marcie(my friend) asked him what floor he wanted to go to. He said ground. So Marcie proceeded to press the button. He kind of put his head up and from the side I could tell he resembeled a Hanson, the band who M2M was opening for. It was late so I thouht I was just seeing things. But then I began to question myself and everything came into place. I kind of whispered to Marcie and she got all hyped. It was really weird cuz we never liked Hanson but that night our minds had changed! I wanted to be polite so I didn't ask for an auto because it was late but I did, stuiply ask..."Hi, I was just wondering if you are from the band Hanson?" And of course he said yes. At that point the elevator stopped at another floor. Some giggling girls came on...I had a feeling they were Hanson fans. They were talking to the guy and we found out he was the drummer and his name was Zac. After they left...yes we were still on the elevator with the very nice looking Zac...we thanked him for putting M2M on the tour and told him how we liked M2M and everything and he was really nice. He said that they are a great band and that he was glad we were coming to the show. The elevator finally came to the ground...where we all got off. Right before we left Marcie went up to him and asked him if there was anywhere he knew of to get a toothbrush at this time of night. He kind of looked at us oddly...like we were joking..but then he found out we were seroious and kind of had a little giggle and gave us some places to look. We said thanks and carried on with our night. I think it was actually good that we met him because it made us enjoy the concert a lot better when Hanson came on. Knowing they were nice we really got into the music and they put on a good show. I actually bought their CD from the experience. Oh and Zac if you read this..Thanks from Marcie...We did find a toothbrush! Love* Care2 make the world greener !

 I just have something to say about the fans posting Hanson's like every move in tulsa... Is it really necessary to do that? THe more you say where the are the less Hanson is gonna be able to go places they like to go. Pretty soon fans will start showing up places like little teenies, and looking for Hanson. An example of this is like at the last Jonny Lang concert. A bunch of fans showed up in hanson t-shirts. Note how this probably made jonny feel? Well my point to that story is, The more people say oh hanson was here last night, or they went to this place, its gonna make people try to follow them around. If you meet em, then meet them somewhere like a concert, or if you live in tulsa and run into them cool, but don't tell everyone wear they hang out (if you know) I know some of their friends, and I know where Hanson hangs out alot too, but you don't see me posting it on here. Let the boys have a personal life ok? Sorry I just had to vent! THanks. Feel free to e-mail me about this at Looangelz@aol.com

Hey, I live in Tulsa, and I was in Sams(a big grocery store for those of you who don't know) and I saw 2 girls with long wavey hair, I thought it could of been Jessica and Avery, but I wasn't sure. They went running down an aisle and I went to look and I saw Diana pushing a cart and 3 other girls were with Diana, Zoe, Avery, and Jessica. My mom and my friend that was with me were all kind of like "wow who are they? They are actually pretty" because they were! I was shocked! Usually you see ugly skanky girls with Hanson but these girls were pretty. 2 of them were kind of tall, they had blonde hair and they were skinny. One of them had her hair kind of long about to her shoulders and it was curled under, the others was about at the bottom of her neck. They looked a little alike but you could tell one was older than the other, so maybe they're sisters? The other girl with them had really long dark brown hair, to her butt, she was really pretty and skinny too. These girls WERE NOT M2M. Anyway, me and my friend took off down an aisle next to where they were... and we were acting like we were looking for something. We heard Diana go "Taylor likes these.." and we almost started crying! LOL I know that sounds teeny! Anyway, we heard the older girls and they were really nice to Avery, Jessica, and Zoe. Jessica wasn't bitchy as usual either like the girls are with Keshet. They were playing, the shorter blonde was carrying Zoe and when Zoe walked she held her hand... the taller blonde had Avery on her back, she was kind of hunched over and Avery looked like a dangling monkey, and the long haired girl was behind Jessica and she had her arms wrapped around her and was like swaying back and forth really fast. This is where it gets cool! I bumped into the shorter blonde(yes on purpose!) and she was SO nice! She was like appologizing a lot and she picked up Zoe, and when Keshet would hold Zoe she would never let fans see her, but I go "aww she is SO cute!" and she was like "Zoe, can you say Hi?" and she said Hi!! It was soo cool! Diana just kind of smiled and said Hi and went along! They had a lot of food in their basket! Anyway, a kid at my school said he saw the same girls at a restaurant and he didn't explain it well, but someone was with them and said they were going out with Hanson? I don't want to start rumors, but hmm.. who knows? Maybe M2M are a bunch of liars! If these girls are Hanson's g/f's or something, I am happy for them, they are pretty and they were really nice too! Thats all!! Thanks!! Kasey

 Here's my reviews of the Charlotte concert on August 31, 2000 and the Myrtle Beach concert on September 3, 2000. Ok, first Charlotte. They played at an auditorium and it was really small. We had MOE seating so we were close. First Neve came out and played some songs. They were pretty good. After that Hanson came out and rocked the house! They played "You Never Know" first. They played some more songs, then did the acoustic set. They played a new song called "Beautiful Eyes". It was really pretty. Near the end Taylor got up to play the drums and Zac sang "I Want You To Want Me" while he flirted with the crowd....hehehe. They sang "This Time Around" a capella at the end. I really enjoyed it, but half the time I couldn't hear a word they were saying because the girls were so dern loud. At the Myrtle Beach concert we got there really early to wait in line because it was standing room only and we wanted to be close. We waited out back for their bus to arrive and the security there were real buttholes, complete utter jerks! They kept treating us like we were idiots or something. Anyways, their bus came around 3 p.m. and they came out and waved at everyone, then went backstage. We waited til 7 to get in the House of Blues. When we got in there the stage was above this "pit" where we all stood. After a while Hanson came out and rocked the house. They were really entergetic that night and they sang more songs I hadn't heard them sing before, including "Crosstown Traffic", "Beautiful Eyes" again, and the last song was "Johnny B. Goode". I could hear them so much better there even though i was squished in the mosh pit! Even so, I think this place was smaller and we were closer. At one point they told us that it was Matt Rhode's birthday and we all sang "Happy Birthday" to him. That was cool. Both concert were awesome and I really enjoyed seeing Hanson on tour. ~Jen

 My name is Katie and I went to the Cleveland show on October 5, 2000. My mom wouldn't let me skip school to go wait for the tour bus to come, but my friend Sandy went to Lakewood Civic Auditorium (which, by the way, is in a high school about 30 minutes away from my house!!) She waited from 8:00 am to 7:00. Around 3:00, Hanson's tour bus oulled up to the back entrance. She took all of these pictures, and made copies for me. Hanson's mom got out and their dad, too. Tay and M2M (opening act) came out also. The concert started at 7:00 and I got there at about 6:30. M2M had just started to play and they sounded awesome. THey sang about 6 songs, and then the lights came back on and the Counting Crows cd August and Everything After came on. I was so excited not only because I love the Counting crows, but that is Hanson's favorite band and I knew that they had decided to put the music on in between the acts. The whole cd played through and every time a blond haired guy would walk out on stage, theere would be screaming. The auditorium was really small, like 5,000 seats. Finally...it went completely black. Me and my 3 friends had seventh row tickets and we could see Taylor and Isaac and Zac walking across the stage. I started freaking out!!! Well, they played about 24 songs and I was moving and dancing the whole time. It was a HUGE adrenaline rush. I cried, I laughed, and I sang and danced my heart out. IT was a religius experience...hehe... When it was time for their encore songs, me and my friend Emily decided we were going to go to the front row. We ran past this huge beefy mean security guard, and climbed over 4 rows of seats with him chasing after us, and finally made it to the front of the stage. The first encore was Man From Milwauke. I was standing in the back of this huge pit of fans, and Isaac was like 4 feet away from me. I was jumping up and down and waving at him, and finally, he saw me. He nodded and smiled, and I about had a heart attack. IT was AMAZING. THe second encore was I Want You to WAnt me. Taylor was playing the drums and Zac was singing and walking around the front of the stage...he looked so cute with this HUGE smile on his face and clapping...I was within 3 feet of him. AT one point, He was right by us, and I decided I was going to touch him. HE reached his hand out and I grabbed it. I looked up at him and he sorta smiled and squeezed my hand. It was so AWESOME!!! I was totally freaking out!! After the encore, they all took a bow and left, but I could hardly breath. It was the BEST night of my life. I have been a fan for so long and I finally got to at least touch one of them. I haven't been the same since. Honestly, I have been so much happier since the concert. I thought I would be sad because I waited for like 4 months for the show, but I couldn't have wished for anything more, except a couple backstage passes, but that's beside the point...hehe...well, I thought you might want to hear my concert story, so I hope you liked it!! I don't care if you put it up or not, so don't worry about me getting mad or anything, but it is a true story and was amazing to me. Thanks!! Katie Whitehurst Curlgurl84@hotmail.com

More news on the Raze thing: I have known Mizzi (from Raze) for about 2-2 1/2 years now. Her mom works with my dad, which is how we met. I talk to her all the time, and yes she has known Isaac, Taylor, and Zac for a while now. Have you ever noticed how Taylor never wears his soccer necklace or backwards ying-yang? Thats because he had the biggest crush on Mizzi for the longest time (and just for the record she never liked him like that!! Considering the fact that they're quite a few years apart) and he gave them to her 2 years ago, and she in turn, knowing that (THEN) I was a huge Hanson fan, gave them to me and they now collect dust in the back of my closet. Ü I respect Hanson's music but I do not care for them. (That is another story...I was at the 1st Jonny Lang concert with them) So there you have it. Mizzi is friends with them, as are the rest of Raze...Donnie, Todd and Ja'Marc...and they have been for quite a while. Thanks a bunch!! **Kacy** sophtigerbaby@hotmail.com if anyone wants to email me.

Hey everyone, i don't have a tour review but it has been interesting to read everyone's comments and i would just like to voice an opinion, that's all it is, an opinion. Everyone has been coming on here and either saying how Ike, Tay and Zac are good guys or bad ones and i would just like to tell everyone who is upset over the whole girlfriend thing to read this and have a think about it. Look at your lives.. do u go out and party? and meet guys? and have fun? Well i'm sure u do and that's why u shouldn't be upset with this whole drinking/smoking/girlfriend thing cause they are just doing what any normal teenager does and we should accept the fact that they are only human and want to atleast have a fraction of a small life. Isaac is 20 years of age and if he doesn't have a gf then quite frankly i feel sorry for him b/c that must be horrible! to live to 20 and still not have a proper relationship with someone. I'm not asking u to feel the same way i do but to just take into consideration that Isaac, Taylor, and Zac deserve to have gf's and a teenage life. They shouldn't be expected to sit around and mope because their fans don't like the idea. if u want to reply to me about this opinion, feel free to email me @ Jess_Luvs_Hitz@yahoo.com thanks, Jess

hi my name is Jessica and i went to the Hanson concert on October 15th in Erie Penn, let me tell u that was the single most AMAZING concert and day in my life! even though i didnt get to meet them. Me and my 2 friends left for erie early to try to get in the meet and greet and to see them get of their buses. we waited outside w/ cameras ready for what seemed like an eternity. then jessica came out and stood there for awile. she was kinda bratty but in her situation i'd be the same way! lol then zac came out and walked by without looking at us which i didnt understand, but hey hes 15. then ike came out and waved and i had a perfect view (but of course someone bumped me and the pic came out blurry!) then awile later tay came out and waved and said he couldnt stay coz he had to go get ready but i got 1 REALLY good pic of him! the others came out w/arms in the way :( then later on we went around the back and met a roadie who took a pic of inside the tour bus for me! and we met scott (back up band) and got pic w/him! hes really awesome!! then Marion came out and we met her. she gave us all hugs and let me take a pic of her. (we were behind a baracade so it couldnt be w/her) she was very sweet and if zac goes out w/someone (who isnt me:) than im glad its her! ok well now the concert! (i'll skip the depressing story of how we didnt get in to the meet and greet, believe me we TRIED) M2M was great! they are the best openers for hanson! when hanson came out i ran up front several times to get even closer pics (we had 13th row) and the security guard grabbed my arm after about the 3rd time and told me i would get kicked out if i did it again. hanson put on an amazing show! just before "in the city" tay said "this is the last song so do whatever u want" and of course everyone RAN to the front!!! i got right up there and at the part of "in the city" when tay says "im gonna ask u once again u gotta tell me once again do u love me" he leaned over and looked me IN THE EYES!!! my lord, i made this strange face at him and mouthed "YES" he smiled a "taylor smile" at me! i was SOOOOOO HAPPY! then came the most amazing 3-4 minutes of my life!! zac singing "i want u to want me" believe me from front row that is an EXPERIENCE!!! HE leaned down pointed at me and sang "i want YOU to want me" and i was like "Well alright then!!" then when he reached out to fans to touch hands i was lucky enough to touch him! i know that sounds sad. "i touched him" but since i've never met him that was pretty good! lol hanson's music has touched my life for 3 and 1/2 yrs. i hope they continue to make that brilliant music for years to come, because hanson and only hanson has the ability to make me weak at the knees, with their music and...well u know! ;) stay hanson luvin! i know ya will! xxoo Jessica (u can put a link to this email address w/the review if u put it on ur site) thanx! u have the best hanson fan site i've seen!

 hey this is a review on the Myrtle Beach show. My name is Jess the two girls with me are Kerri and Jessi. I always go to Myrtle Beach for Labor Day so that worked out great with Hanson being there. WEll that morning my friend cousin and I got our aunt ot drive us to the house of blues around 9am I felt soo sick it was raining and people were already there but only about 20. well we met these 2 cool girls melissa and valerie well teh rain let's up and it is soo hot. Mel's mom had a portable tv so well we got in good with the guards . We convinced them that they should let us get in front of the other door so finally we get over there and about 3 girls and their dad are there then the guard only lets about 3 more girls over. Well it is now around 6 the lines there are 3 of them are now all into the parking lot, so they tell people just arriving to come behind us we were pist off . We had to look all nasty but people just arriving got up front with us then these stupid girls try to say they got their tickets signed so they get the front of the line we were like heck no I started yelling. WEll we could hear Hanson's sound check by now and they were so running late. WEll by then security was insaine they were yelling and screaming if we were to run or have a camera on us we would be escorted out. WEll me being soo scared my voice recorder I chunked out and left my camera's in my bag along with my friend and cousin's. Well doors open I "walk fast" to the front row even with Tay's mic and Jessi my cuosin is beside me. Now all hell has broken loose it is all 4 in and 1 for all girls slamming into us. Well now my 13 yr old cousin is yelling for who ever is humping her to quit that makes everyone laugh around then this idiot asks me to move my hair! I was like where is it going to go . She keeps touching it! Well a dj comes out and gives my tall friend Kerri these cups to throw around and she does well beach balls are flying and I am about to die I grab my water bottle in the baracde which I used as my own little locker! i pass it around making sure no one is to faint on me! WEll they come out and this girl is so excited she pulls the string of my shirt and that is holding it up! I start to spaz Walker is watching me and now TAy will glance ever so often finally I puul it super tight and jump. WEll neways later on Tay gets up in our faces during In the City Iwas like heck yeah then the whole veryone move back. Well then we sang Happy Birthday to Jason the keyboardist! Then Ike came and kneeled down in front of me with his pic in his mouth! I wanted to take it but I wasn't to sure what he was doing. WEll during If Only Mel and I who was by Jessi had discussed how hot Tay was on Leno w/ the harmonica. Well he goes at we both high five in fromt of him he blushes when I yell "I wanna be his harmonica" I felt so stupid ! Well people are passing out all around me and for somereason they are pulled out over me . Well this girl literally threw me from my spot Jessi turned to her and pushed her for pushing me I just elbowed her the same she did me I felt sooo bad but neways. I got to touch all of them. Well my friend at the end passed out she gets pulled over I look at Jessi and I just jump the baracade and I grabbed all of our stuff I glance ast TAy's keboard and see Mardi ga beads and a sweat rag on it so I lean over and grab the beads and now I was going for the rag when I saw the guard looking at me and telling me to hurry on and go well now by the buses with about a million girls I wait with my friend well I was backing up to look at I forgot what and hit this guy "ohj sorry" "no no prob" he was sooo hot I learned that was there cousin and all of their family was there and they rode in their bus! the guard told me so I guess he would know well I went home not to sure about how I felt about Hanson due to the fact girls were passing out and Tay would still manage to say "jump with us" I felt so angry at them I mean saying jump with us isn't good at a no seat concert full of horny teenage girls! I also attende Charlotte and had 6th that was soo good I loved that Tay got down in front of me when I was at the ront and said "do u love me do u love me do u love me lill pretty " I was like hell yeah! but the nhe went on with his business!!

 REVIEW Hi Hansonfans, my name is Ines, I'm 15 years old and I'm from Uruguay. This is when I met Hanson, the first time that them were in Argentina I traveled to saw them. I start to tell you: "It isn't a big story because I couldn't touch them but was the best moment in my life. My mother, my best friend and me traveled to Argentina in may of this year, because the 4th Hanson gave a presentation in Argentina. When we arrive, we went to a T.V program call "Versus" and in the studio happened, I met them!!!! When my friend and me went into the studio and I saw the instuments I started to cry, and I told to Agustina (my friend) "look Agus the instruments" and we took our hands and say: "the Taylor's keyboard", in this momento I started to scream. Then, when we was a location I was so nervous, I couldn't belive. Tommy (the conductor) said "and now in the Versus studio present Hanson" all the girls scream and scream, eas a dream to me. They sang "If Only" two times and "This Time Around". All the girls screamed by Taylor and Zac, but nobody by Ike and I started to screm "Ike, Isaac, Ike I love you..." and...and...he saw me and I threw him a kiss and...and...him...return me a kiss!!!!! yes I suar you. Well then I wanted that Taylor saw me and I started to scream him: "Tayloe, taylor, I love you" and nothing...then: "Taylor I love you, I'm from Uruguay" and the boy saw me and...greet me!!!!!!!. If Ike threw me a kiss Tay can do it too!!!. When I screamed by Tay and He saw me I threw a lot of kisses to him but nothing; but...one time when he saw me I was cryed and screamed a lot and him JORDAN TAYLOR HANSON LAWYER threw me a kiss!!!!!!!!! was the best in all my life, I still remember his face. When theysay good bye a man took me to the infirmarry because I'm so bad and so sad. My mother scared so mucho of my I was seasick and almost I swoon. But equal eas the best in all my life. Well if someone want can write me at: inehanson@hotmail.com Kisses; the Hansonfan uruguaya: *INES*

Hey!! My name is Kathleen and I sent in a review for the Atlanta concert at the Tabernacle on August 22nd and I didn't have a scanner at the time, but now I do so I'm sending in a few pics. First Pic: This is a pic I took of Taylor on the 'catwalk' part of the stage. It's sort-of hard to explain. It doesn't go straight out into the audience, but it is on the right side of the stage...hmmm...I can't really explain it. If you were there at the concert, you'll know what I'm talking about!! Anyway, you can see Walker (I am just guessing that's who it is!) behind Taylor's head! Second: This is Zac on the catwalk type thing too. Third: This is a pic of Hanson while they were doing their acoustic set. Fourth: This is Isaac on the catwalk thing. Fifth: This was a pic Jill's (my friend that I went with) mom took while Jill and I and two other girls were talking to Taylor after the concert! We were in an alley 5 feet away from the tour buses (you can see one barely in the background). Jill is the one you can see most of in the pic and I'm the one with the blondish hair and it looks a bit like Jill's hand is touching my head. You can see the top of a security guard's head above mine. And I'm sure you know where Taylor is!!! Sixth: This was also after the concert. Hanson were walking to their bus and I got a pic of Isaac right after he shook my hand and he turned around. Seventh: This is just a pic from the concert that I liked a lot!! You can see Taylor and Zac(barely) and some of the background players. By the way, I also have like 35 more really awesome pics from the same concert!! So if you want to see any of them e-mail me at kathleenfb13@hotmail.com and I'll e-mail them to you!!! Thanks, Kathleen:)

 Hi, my name is Heather, I'm 16. I just want to respond to the Zac issue. At the concert in Detroit on September 28th I met Hanson. Well, I met Isaac and Taylor. But Zac didn't come over to greet us. (we'd been waiting about two hours) he just completly ignored us. So, I beleive the hotel story. And good job to the girl who told him off. People like that need a clue. Zac should take some pointers from his brothers, two people who truly care about their fans. Maybe I shouldn't judge cause I've never met him, but from what I've seen he acts like such an ass. And people, I'm interested in the girlfriend issue too, but it's pretty ridiculous, all the names that are cirlculating! Ashely, Natalie, Kate, the M2M chicks, etc. Enough is enough.

Hi my name is Joaca and I'm from Argentina, I n this year i took a photo with Scott Hogan and i would like to appear here!! he is really cool, 
handsome, and is from Hanson band so is perfect eheheh well here it is..if someone wanna mail me joaca@hansonhouse.com
or go to http://rulestheweb.com/hanson for a really cool site

 Hi Hansonfans, my name is Ines, I'm 15 years old and I'm from Uruguay. This is when I met Hanson, the first time that them were in Argentina I traveled to saw them. I start to tell you: "It isn't a big story because I couldn't touch them but was the best moment in my life. My mother, my best friend and me traveled to Argentina in may of this year, because the 4th Hanson gave a presentation in Argentina. When we arrive, we went to a T.V program call "Versus" and in the studio happened, I met them!!!! When my friend and me went into the studio and I saw the instuments I started to cry, and I told to Agustina (my friend) "look Agus the instruments" and we took our hands and say: "the Taylor's keyboard", in this momento I started to scream. Then, when we was a location I was so nervous, I couldn't belive. Tommy (the conductor) said "and now in the Versus studio present Hanson" all the girls scream and scream, eas a dream to me. They sang "If Only" two times and "This Time Around". All the girls screamed by Taylor and Zac, but nobody by Ike and I started to screm "Ike, Isaac, Ike I love you..." and...and...he saw me and I threw him a kiss and...and...him...return me a kiss!!!!! yes I suar you. Well then I wanted that Taylor saw me and I started to scream him: "Taylor, taylor, I love you" and nothing...then: "Taylor I love you, I'm from Uruguay" and the boy saw me and...greet me!!!!!!!. If Ike threw me a kiss Tay can do it too!!!. When I screamed by Tay and He saw me I threw a lot of kisses to him but nothing; but...one time when he saw me I was cryed and screamed a lot and him JORDAN TAYLOR HANSON LAWYER threw me a kiss!!!!!!!!! was the best in all my life, I still remember his face. When theysay good bye a man took me to the infirmarry because I'm so bad and so sad. My mother scared so mucho of my I was seasick and almost I swoon. But equal eas the best in all my life. Well if someone want can write me at: inehanson@hotmail.com Kisses; the Hansonfan uruguaya: *INES*

I don't have a review to post, but i think that it is my obligation as a supportive Hanson fan to set the record straight about a few things. Hanson are a band. their main priority and reason for being a band is the music and the joy we get from it. they really love bringing this music to those who truly appreciate it. some people in this world think that they can take that joy away from them and their fans by boycotting Hanson's entire image with ideas of a 'sex, drugs and alcohol' lifestyle and an unbelievable story of zac loosing his temper in a hotel corridor. i once thought that the only people posing a threat to Hanson as a group were 'anti-hansoms', but now I've realized that an expression of opinion is much more profound. rather than the ability to imagine stories about three wonderful people and display these in cyberspace to Hanson's detriment. let me put it this way, it is much easier to make up things about Hanson and post them on a website rather than to see these things with your own eyes. smoking? alcohol abuse? womanising? are these things you would even percieve Hanson to be doing in full public view? those of you who post these 'reviews' (which i honestly thought were supposed to be about the MUSIC) must take us all for a bunch of idiots. well i am standing up for Hanson and those of their fans who appreciate their music and will fight for it. what did zac ever do to you? to deserve this, to be portrayed as some kind of ogar? i know this type of story is what the gossip columnists lust for but come on, this site is for fans - and if this type of thing is what 'fans' are interested in, then we should ALL take a long hard look at ourselves, our own opinions of Hanson and why exactly we like them so much. if u would like to express your intellectual opinion on this subject please write to me at little_pretty16@yahoo.com be greatful that you've had the pleasure of meeting such talented and wonderful people. love, - Max

Hey, I live in Tulsa, and I was in Sam's (a big grocery store for those of you who don't know) and I saw 2 girls with long wavy hair, I thought it could of been Jessica and Avery, but I wasn't sure. They went running down an aisle and I went to look and I saw Diana pushing a cart and 3 other girls were with Diana, Zoe, Avery, and Jessica. My mom and my friend that was with me were all kind of like "wow who are they? They are actually pretty" because they were! I was shocked! Usually you see ugly skanky girls with Hanson but these girls were pretty. 2 of them were kind of tall, they had blonde hair and they were skinny. One of them had her hair kind of long about to her shoulders and it was curled under, the others was about at the bottom of her neck. They looked a little alike but you could tell one was older than the other, so maybe they're sisters? The other girl with them had really long dark brown hair, to her butt, she was really pretty and skinny too. These girls WERE NOT M2M. Anyway, me and my friend took off down an aisle next to where they were... and we were acting like we were looking for something. We heard Diana go "Taylor likes these.." and we almost started crying! LOL I know that sounds teeny! Anyway, we heard the older girls and they were really nice to Avery, Jessica, and Zoe. Jessica wasn't bitchy as usual either like the girls are with Keshet. They were playing, the shorter blonde was carrying Zoe and when Zoe walked she held her hand... the taller blonde had Avery on her back, she was kind of hunched over and Avery looked like a dangling monkey, and the long haired girl was behind Jessica and she had her arms wrapped around her and was like swaying back and forth really fast. This is where it gets cool! I bumped into the shorter blonde (yes on purpose!) and she was SO nice! She was like apologizing a lot and she picked up Zoe, and when Keshet would hold Zoe she would never let fans see her, but I go "aww she is SO cute!" and she was like "Zoe, can you say Hi?" and she said Hi!! It was so cool! Diana just kind of smiled and said Hi and went along! They had a lot of food in their basket! Anyway, a kid at my school said he saw the same girls at a restaurant and he didn't explain it well, but someone was with them and said they were going out with Hanson? I don't want to start rumors, but hmm.. who knows? Maybe M2M are a bunch of liars! If these girls are Hanson's GF's or something, I am happy for them, they are pretty and they were really nice too! That's all!! Thanks!! {Kasey}

Hi my names Natasha and i wanna put up a review of Hanson's concert At Massey Hall and i duno how so if i write it in here will you post it on for me? That would be great! Thanks! or let me know how i can do it! here it is.... Hi My names Natasha and the HANSON CONCERT AT MASSEY HALL in TORONTO Sep.30 2000 was AMAZING! I was on the Galery (second belcony) and it wasnt as bad ad i though! The person i was supposed to go with told me she couldnt go the night beofre I almost died...I called all of my freinds and finally the last one i called was aloud to go! she wasnt really a hanson fan but didnt mind them at all NOW SHE IS! THANKS TO ME! But anyways..Zac Hanson is almost like my idol and i will never forget this..M2M came out and they were wicked too! I was waring the exact outfit and Marion from M2M it was a laugh! and Then wehn they whent off stage people set up for Hanson and finally THEY CAME OUT! i almost cried because i was so happy! i never saw them in concert before! My friend Didnt have tickets besode me so she sat across from me and the two girls i sat with were so fun! hehe..During Mmmbop Zac Finally Looked up our way..WELL, wehn i noticed no one was reacting to this like they usually woul i started blowing kisses and then i yelled I LOVE YOU and he smiled and wincked at me I WAS SOO HAPPY! ALL I SAID WAS "HE KNOWS I EGSIST!" HAHA It was great and then he started laughing and started waving his drum stick in the middle of a song and i was wondering what was so funny and the two girls were laughing and i asked what was so funny...THEY FLASHED HIM!!!! he loved it..He kept looking up after that! It was great and i even have a pic of him looking up at me! I loved it! If ya wnna know more about this wicked night My email is Tashys@hotmail.com and if you are one of those two girls so sat beside me at the concert (i think from missisagua) Please Email me! Hanson ROCKS!!!!!! I LOVE ZAC!

You know what I think? I think that there is way too much gossip going on, and we should just let the guys be guys. Whether or not they smoke, drink, bitch, or whatever, nobody's perfect, and we can't expect Hanson to be. And while I don't disagree with bitching back if you get attitude, his LITTLE BROTHER WAS THERE! Yes, this message is directed at that girl who bitched at Zac in the hotel hallway. Why can't we just let it go. If they are in fact rock stars who've let fame get way too high in their heads, it shouldn't affect the way we see their music, just because we wanted them to be perfect. I mean, I'm a huge fan of the Rolling Stones, but they're not squeaky clean by any means. So all of this, "I'll never see Hanson in the same light again!" stuff, music is music, people are people. If anyone would like to talk to me about my opinion, please email me at sweet_nothing@phayze.com ~Abby

Hey! i just have a few comments on all of this zac talk and i would appreciate it if you put it on your latest news please :) I am 17 years old and have been playing drums for 10 years. when i met the guys backstage in Cleveland they were all really great-including zac who started up a convo w/ME. i was fortunate enough to be the last ones to meet them that day and most everyone who was back there that night was all freakin out and huggin them and all this stuff. i shook tays hand and told him good luck on the show(same w/ike) and tay told me that that meant a lot to him. so then when i got to zac-we shook hands and i told him that i had been playing for 10 years and what not and he was really amazed. he said,"wow-10 YEARS!? you got my butt beat bigtime then!" and then they took the pic and i was leaving when zac turned me around(he still had his hands on my shoulders) and he started asking me drum questions-what kind i play etc.- and i did infact hug zac b4 i left.(come on how could i NOT!:) but when he hugged everyone back there who was freaking out THEY did the hugging-zac kinda patted their back and sent them on their way. the boy practically lifted ME off the ground!! and he made a weird grrr noise but it was cool. Bottom line is-zac appreciates people who treat him NORMAL. dont yell at him or tell him how much you love him or bug him about who hes seeing or who he isnt seeing. im lucky to have the common love of drums with him and i was totally normal to him and he treated me great! even made me stick around longer than i was supposed to to ask me questions. zac is 15 and he is having issues with people getting too much into his business and granted-yes he IS in the public eye and his life is seen by a lot of people and no that is no reason to treat some fans the way he does.BUT he is a very sweet guy if you just talk to him like he is a normal person because he is a normal person-just with a complicated life. and he gets annoyed very easily by fans who bug him about things. Zac will be Zac and nobody can change him. He will grow out of it...belive me. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PIC OF ME AND HANSON GO HERE www.howardperl.com/showphoto.asp?photoid=269&name=HANSON the dude in the picture is my good friend Howard Perl (he got us the passes) he is an entertainment manager and is interested in personally managing me for my drumming. love ya howard! :) if anybody would like to email me to talk about the zac issue or anything else go right ahead! zacs_harness@yahoo.com

My review is on my site
( http://www.expage.com/myhansonconnections ) but the review is is on a link
( http://www.expage.com/mhcreview ) check it out and let me know what you
think ~CJ~ PS-

 Hi! I have a review of Tulsa, but, first I have some questions... Do you have any pictures of Taylor, Isaac, or Zac's girlfriends (or them with their girlfriends?)? Do you have any pictures of them smoking? If not, could you send me the e-mail addresses of the girls who sent in the reviews from Brazil when they were smoking? Ok...on to the review... http://www.geocities.com/horse_gurl_7/LloydNoble.html I'll get back to you with the pics.. I haven't put them all up yet!! Thanks!! ~Michele~

 Hey guys... I'm from Brazil and I just read what the girl who was staying at the same hotel as Hanson here in Rio wrote... Last Monday they did have a party near the pool, there were lots of security... I wasn't actually staying at the hotel but I was downstairs near the pool too so I could see the whole party... Well, they were all having a good time, swimming, Ike and Zac were dancing, Taylor was talking to a girl (it wasn't his girlfriend, it was a Brazilian girl who was there as a translator to people who don't speak English), anyway... They drank (a lot in fact) and were screaming, messing around... I didn't see them smoking but it might have happened because I had to leave the hotel at 11:30pm and I heard the party continued until 3am... Even though there were a few fans watching the party, the only one who came closer to talk to them was Taylor... He was shirtless and wet, he signed some cds but nobody was allowed to take pictures... well, at least that was something... But neither Zac nor Ike talk to anybody, they would just pass by and say "Hello" or "Hi" sometimes, always followed by their body guard (by the was, their body guards were so rude!!) The excuse they gave us was: They wanna have some fun alone, and don't wanna be disturbed!! Well, if they wanna be anonymous, just stop making music and live a normal life... There were about 15 people there, some people spent their whole day at that hotel waiting for them to arrive... Just 15 people!! They could have been a little more patient... Anyway, it was worthy seeing the guys so close to me for like 4 hours but I expected they'd be nicer to everybody there Julia - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

 Hey, guys! Hanson's concert here, in Belo Horizonte on Nov. 17th was awsome!! You don`t imagine how much it was great! They started with Looking at You. In the middle of the consert Taylor, Zac and the back up band eft the stage and left Isaac there, alon, singing a song that I don`t know the name, but my friend said that it is "Only One For Me", in the middle os the song Zac an Taylor returned to the stage and started dancing "balet" behind Isaac, then they left the stage again and in the end of the song they returned to the stage again, Zac was holding a cake with some candles in and Taylor was holding a champagne bottle, and the othser guy was holding one too, then we sang happy birthday, then Taylor started showering (?) champgne at Ike, he was totally wet!!! The concert as amazing, they played Lonely Again and Never Let Go!! --->Candy

Well, I had wanted to see Hanson for three long years. This summer, I had one dilemma, I didn't have anyone to go with me. I bought two tickets anyway, I firgured I'd find someone before the concert. After I'd bought the tickets for the Richmond concert in September, I went on vacation. So before vacation, I finally found someone to go with me, my friend Sarah. The day of the concert came around, and I was excited. I couldn't skip school to go to the autograph signing at K-mart? (That was stupid, girls went wild) Anyway, I was excited but with disbelief. It really didn't sink in until I had actually gotten into the car, that I was actually going to see Hanson. We got there late, but that was ok. We heard screams, but we knew Hanson wasn't on stage yet. Neve was on stage and they were great. We found our seats, which were on the first floor in one of the last rows. We were underneath the balcony in the safe zone. We were kinda in the Mom section, and the sound guy was ten feet away. I think there was a camera back there too, but I'm not sure. Well, while we were sitting there, these three guys who worked for the Carpenter Center, said that there was a little boy outside earlier. The little guy screamed "Hanson's over there!" and like fifty girls ran over him. Poor little guy, but the workers said that it was really funny. Finally, the guys came on stage. Hanson took their instruments, and while everyone was screaming their lungs out, started playing. A couple of interesting things happened during the concert: 1. The lead singer of Neve came out and was walking the aisle. Sarah and I and a couple of other girls, got in front of him and got his autograph. He signed my Hanson Tour Book. I felt like I had attacked him, and I screamed "Thank You!" but he couldn't hear me because of the other girls screaming for Hanson. 2. Mrs. Hanson walked up the aisle, or at least I thought it was her. I hadn't seen her before, and no people. I didn't take pictures of her! The guys played great, and when "If Only" and "This Time Around" were performed, everyone was dancing, even our Mom section. During the encore, Zac came out and sang "I Want You To Want Me" That song kicked major butt. That was my highlight of the concert. After the concert, there was a 30 year old mom and her five year old daughter. Her five year old daughter begged to come and see Hanson, isn't that cute? Well thats all, if you didn't see Hanson this tour, get off your butt and see them, they do a great show! Posted by: Superfly

We, Carly and Jen, arrived in NYC at around 11am and went straight to Macy's to get on line for the concert that afternoon. We had a long time to wait, so we went to the hotel we were staying at while our moms waited in line for us. Hanson was supposedly staying at this hotel. In the taxi we were nervous because we still weren't absolutely positive that Hanson was staying there. However, we were releived when we saw the huge crowd of girls in front of the hotel. They took our luggage for us and we decided to wait in the lobby for a little while with a few other fans. We didn't know whether to wait there until Hanson came out or to go on line to wait with our parents. Jen called her momand she said they were starting to let people in the area where the concert was taking place, so we took a taxi back to Macy's and got back in line. At around 2:00pm our moms decided to get tickets to a broadway play that night so we were just going to meet them after the concert. We stood, squished and very hot for about 2 hours. We were so excited to see Hanson live again and made our way up to the first couple of rows. Hanson finally came out at 4:00pm and sang five songs: You Never Know, Crosstown Traffic, Where's the Love, This Time Around, and If Only. When it was over, we found our moms and hugged and cried. Hanson had a signing now that we didn't have tickets to so we decided to go back to the hotel. We ate dinner in the really fancy restaurant. However, we couldn't eat because we were so nervous. We when were finished we went back to our room to fix up because Hanson should be coming back soon. After fixing up, we went outside the hotel to wait with all the other girls. Finally, a van pulled up and Zac walked out and went right inside. He didn't even stop to acknowledge all the fans. :( We went inside right after him and he was standing at the elevator trying to answer this woman's question about preferred tickets. We just stood infront of him, staring and we made eye contact with him. He looked amazing! We went back up to our room to tell our moms right after Zac went up and when we got there, we heard someone talking. It sounded like Zac!!! When we realized that Zac was the only one that came up, we went back down to see if Taylor or Isaac were coming. We didn't see anything and their van was gone, but we turned around and there was Taylor!! We grabbed a pen and two pieces of paper and went to stand closer as he was signing autographs for these two girls. One girl asked him if she could shake his hand and he replied," well I don't know, that's really hard." He was trying to be funny I guess but we didn't like it. It sounded rude. He turned to us and shook Jen's hand and signed autograph's for both of us. He went up the elevator and we took to the next one up after him. When we got there, Jen's mom was standing outside our door and said, "Taylor just walked by and went into that room!" We told our moms all that had happened and the four of us had a group hug. We couldn't believe HANSON was staying TWO doors down from us. It was now 7pm and our moms had to leave to go to the play. They left and we were going crazy fixing our hair and Carly was trying on all different outfits. We kept looking out the peephole to see if anyone was passing since we could see the elevator through it. Isaac walked off the elevator and we flipped out. After that we saw Avery, their little sister, riding a scooter outside our door. Throughout the night we saw their Mom, Dad, siblings and people they travel with. We could hear their family talking and Zoe crying. At one point we could hear Zac and Taylor talking. We couldn't really understand what they were saying, but it had to do with fans. We talked to girls in the lobby and they told us that Isaac told them that they had an early morning interview the next day. They also said there were other famous people staying at this hotel like, Mark Wahlberg, Boys 2 Men, Pete Samprus, and Ben Stiller. We went back to our room and didn't know what to do. We constantly looked out the peephole, just hoping they would walk by. We promised ourselves we would open our door if they did. At 9:30pm, we asked the doorman to give them a letter we had written, but he said they were sleeping. Our moms came back at 10pm and we told them everything that was happening. Then we all sat infront of the door on the floor, slightly open, to see if anything would happen. We were up for a while, then at 12:30 we went to sleep. At 5:30am our wakeup call came and it was so loud. Carly couldnt shut it off so she finally pulled the plug out of the wall. We all went back to sleep even though we wanted to wake up that early because we didn't want to miss Hanson leaving. At 6am the wakeup call from the room next to us went off and we woke up because it was so loud. After a few minutes of being out in the hall, Jen went into the bathroom while Carly stayed outside. She heard someone coming and pretending to be getting the newspaper. She was very surprised when she looked up and saw that it was Taylor. She was in her pjs and Taylor looked like he had just woken up. He was wearing the same shirt as the day before. A few minutes later, Carly went in the shower and Jen stayed looking out the peephole. Zac walked past and he too was wearing the same thing as the day before. Since our moms were still trying to sleep, we went into the hall to use the mirror out there since it was brighter. We heard a door open and it was Mr. Hanson. He came over to us and said, "Are you girls staying on this floor. If you're waiting for the guys, I have a problem." We were so upset and went into our room and told our moms. At 7:30am we went down to the lobby to wait for them to go to their interview. They didnt come out until 8:00. We were standing outside when they walked out. Zac was still wearing the same shirt that he had worn to bed and the day before. They walked out, said hi, and got into the van. We went back into the room and Carlys mom told us that she had jsut talked to Hanson! Zac, Tay, and Ike, and thier parents had been outside oru door waiting for the elevator so Carly's mom opened teh door and told Hanson about us and how we would love to meet them. Tay said, "O, well where are they?" She told him we were in the lobby and Mrs. Hanson told us to got CBS This Morning because that was where they were heading. Before going to CBS THis Morning we went to the Hammerstein Ballroom to get a number in line. Then, we went to the show but just missed it. We went back to the hotel to eat breakfast and the girls outside the hotel said Hanson was inside their room. After breakfast we went back inot our room to keep an eye out for them. We heared people in the halway and Jen's mom opened the door. It was Jessica, Mac, Avery, Zoe, and two other older girls riding scooters. Jens mom asked the kids if they were related to HAnson and Jessica nervouly replied, "Why?" Her mom jsut said taht they looked liek Hanson. She then asked the older blonde girl if she two was related to Hanson and the girl jsut laughed and walked away. Hmmm??? We were talking to Mac and Zoe about theri scooters, they were adorable. Mrs. Hanson came into the hall and told us that Hanson was going to be on TRL and we should go. They all got on the elevator and scooted across the street to Central Park. At this point Hanson was sleeping. Our moms were going shopping for a little while and Carly fell asleep. We knew that they would be leaving around 3 0'clock for TRL. When Jen saw Mr. Hanson walk by she woke Carly up. Jen stood at the door while Carly stayed at the window. Taylor wlaked by and Jen yelled for Carly to open the door but she couldnt here her across the room. When Jen got Carlys attention she ran over but hit her knee. Ouch! Taylor was gone by then. THen Isaac walked by and again we didnt open the door. Our moms returned and around 2 oclock Mr. Hanson was in the hallway. Our mom s went out and asked if we coudl meet his sons. He said that we were invading thier privacy and this was their home. We were really upset so we decided to jsut wait in the lobby. A few minutes later, the elevator opened and Zac walked out; he was jsut kind of waiting there. Next, both our moms walked out of the same elevator along with Tay and Ike. Carlys mom brought them over to us and introduced us to Zac and Isaac. They signedour autographs and shook our hands. Then Tay came rushing over and said, "guys, we have got to go or we'll never make it." Then he says to us. "it's just that we have a live tv show to get to," but he still shook our hands and signed our autographs. The pen was running out so he said, " it didnt really come out but you can sort of see it." They left to go to TRL after that and we followed them out. Whatr ahppened was, when we left to go to the lobby Mr. Hanson came to our room and said we couild meet his sons now. But we werent there! SO, Mr. Hanson said," So take us to them" (turned out to be a nice guy) THey got on the elevator and to the lobby wiht our moms just to meet us! Afjter that, we went to watch them on TRL from outside. We saw them leave after the show and Isaac grabbed Jen's hands ans Carly grabbed on. We went to the concert that night adn even though tewe were far in the back becuase the numbers didnt count anymore, we had a blast. THey sang 27 songs. IT WAS THE BEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES. please write us if you want anymore details. Calnbbybrd@aol.com Polo5Sprt@aol.com thanks!  

 We think that, because of what a Brazilian fan said in one of the reviews, some of you are now with the worst impression about Hanson and/or the Brazilian fans. But let us clear some things up. Today we've watched a Brazilian TV show called "Domingão do Faustão" (a very known TV show) and Hanson was there. First, they showed something that had happened some days before: a girl met them and even gave them some presents (Brazilian books and cds, which they seemed to love!). They treated her so well, and she seemed very happy. Then, the presenter of the show (Faustão) called them and they began to sing. They sang "Save me", "If Only" and "This time around" and the fans sang "Happy Birthday" to Isaac (he blushed, hehe). Faustão asked them a couple things (no gfs this time, thank God!) and the last thing he said was: "I want you to know that Brazil is a country with many problems, but the people here is very happy and enthusiastic, in spite of everything. And I want you to take that with you, this image of Brazil: a country with very happy people that love you." Then, everybody applauded, and the guys smiled and thanked a lot of times. We want to say that, no matter what people think, these guys are awesome. They're humble and simple, they are great musicians and they love their fans. We don't care about what people that claim to be their fans say about their personal lives. That's not important to us...They're the best band in the whole world and that's all we have to say. Thanks, Daniella & Carol Brazilian Fans =)

 Hi! my name is Clara and Im from Uruguay, all I have to say is about Hanson in Argentina, where I have been. I can tell you that: At VERSUS, they all said that they already have girfriends, and as I know, Taylor´s called Natalie, but he has also been seen with another girls like Christy and (i dont remember her name) Also, that as it is said, Zac is dating Marion from M2M, so when M2M, was about to open the show at the luna park they got back home because we didn´t let them open it. It is also said that when Zac was leaving Chile, while lots of fans where crying badly, he took Marion´s hand. About the concert i must say that it was grat, but it was the first for me, and hopefully not the last... If you have any doubts, or you´d like to know something else about hanson in latinoamerica, you can write me... See ya

Hey, guys! My name is Nadia, from Argentina, and I would like to tell you all a bit about Hanson's concert in my country! They arrived at Argentina on Friday 3rd, Nov. That day they appeared on a show called Susana Gimenez and sang If Only and This Time Around, it was so cool to see that they were actually here! Tay's hair was shorter and looked great! They spoke a bit of Spanish with the host of the show, they are improving! So, on Saturday I travelled with my family to Buenos Aires, where the concert would take place. I had to pick up the tickets I had bought in the afternoon and that made me become even more excited, I mean, seeing many fans with Hanson stuff on them. I just couldn't believe the fact that Hanson was here in my country! Anyway, at about 7.30 I joined with a friend of mine on the Luna Park stadium, and we entered the queue. While there, people were selling a lot of things, I bought a pic of Tay from the previous press conference, which I will attach at the end. It didn't take us long to get inside, and we practicably run to find our seats, due to our excitement! We were on the 20th row, that was the closest I could find, but it was fine, it was a really good seat, as there wasn't many space between seats, so we could get a good view. As we wwere waiting time would go by so slow! And I figured they'd turn out pretty late, but I they didn't actually, they arrived pretty punctual! At 9 pm suddenly the lights turned out, and we all realized it meant the show was to start! We started shouting really loud when they came out, it was like incredible! It was their first concert here, so imagine how excited we were! They kicked off with You never know, it sounded great, and right after that Crosstown Traffic was played. Thinking of you, Where's the love, Save me, Runaway run were the ones that followed. They left for a break and it was time for the Acoustic Set, which was terrific! They sang Wish that I was there, Sure about it, and then Zac and Tay left and Ike was left alone on the stage and played all by himself only accompanied by his guitar Beautiful eyes, what a wonderful voice that he has!! They also performed A minute without you, If Only, This time around, Lonely again, Bridges of stone, MMMBop, Speechless, In the city, Man from Milwaukee, and I think that was it. During Speechless Taylor started presenting their support musicians, which was so funny cos he started doing all these silly things with his hands and told us to copy him, and we all did, that was so cool! Taylor went really crazy during In the city, he just run all over the stage jumped a lot, I don't know where all that energy comes from! And he also took off his shirt to reveal us a black tank-top!! We all screamed even more when he did so! He also shared the mike with Ike, kind of a classic! And Zac headbanged during the whole song, having his hair loose, he had it all over his face! I don't remember when it was that they left and we began singing Ole ole ole ole... Hanson, Hanson... So when they were back Zac was like Ole ole ole ole... At the end of In the city they said goodbye and pretended that they were leaving. So we started to sing "1 mas y no jodemos mas", which means something like this "One more and we won't bother anymore", so they came back and played the last song, Man from Milwaukee. And after that they were gone for real, but I was soo happy! They spoke some Spanish here too, mainly Taylor and Ike, they said Muchas Gracias (thank you very much), Bienvenidos (welcome), things like that. I had soo much fun at that concert! I just loved every single song that they played!!! I will never ever forget this concert in my whole life, I'm sure of that!! I have been waiting for this moment for like 3 years, so I'm so glad that they finally came! I took many pics, but they just suck! I don't think you wanna see them! My friend also took, but hers aren't that good either, but if I find any I will send it later. Anyway, on Sunday they went to another Tv show, in which Tay actually confirmed they all have girlfriends, and they were also interviewed for MTV at the hotel. So thanks for anyone who read my review and hope that you enjoyed it! If you feel like writing to me you can do it here: nadiasol@hotmail.com. Here I will leave you this pic I bought. See ya! Bye, Nadu.

 Hi I just wanted to tell you that I was lucky enough to meet Hanson in Brazil due to the fact that my moms friend lives there and she let me go down w/ her and hang w/ them..I was w/them for a few hours and they introduced me to there GIRLFRIENDS and actually they were quite nice...if u guys REALLY need to know their names..they are "Jess(Zacs), Meg(Taylors) and Kelsey (Ikes)". I dont think its that big of a deal..but please put this on the website so everyone knows and will SHUT UP about the gf thing. Thankyou Kayla

 Ok I know this isn't a concert review or nothing but I know Tay and Ike weren't smoking and getting drunk cause 1. Walker and Diana wouldn't let them do that especially with the little ones there. And what sucky parents Diana and Walker would be! you must have seen it wrong. Also about the Zac thing. Just cut him some slack. Sure he is being rude and he should be nicer but still he is 15 and he has his own life. We the fans can't change that ok? And so what if they have girlfriends! Come on do you actually think someday you will go out with Hanson? I mean maybe in your dreams but you knew someday this day would come! Besides who cares....we love their music not them! Sure they're cute but isn't the reason you started liking them cause of their music? Well that's all I have to say. If you want, e-mail me at ZacZingZoo14@aol.com

 My name is Linda and I’m from Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. Last week I went in two Hanson’s concert. The first one was in Rio (november 15), and the second was in Belo Horizonte (november 17) – Ike’s birthday – This one I couldn’t miss it. Both concerts were AWESOME !!!! And I also went in one of the three TV programs that they participated here in Rio. The TV program that I went in november 13 called “Domingão do Faustão” and the host is a fat guy quite inconvenience. Hanson played three songs on playback, and then they answered some questions of this host who called Faustão. During the interview, Faustão asked Zac to do a solo drum set. That’s the best part, Zac said “NO, IF YOU WANT SEE A SOLO DRUM SET, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SHOW”. I love Zac’ sincerity. I’m saying this cause this guy is such a jerk. NOVEMBER 15, RIO DE JANEIRO’S CONCERT I was in the second line in front of Taylor. Tay and Zac were very full of energy and very excited, the begging of the concert Ike seemed a little worried with something, but then he relaxed. The whole concert was amazing, the guys are very professionals. But in my opinion the best parts were: When Tay sang Bridges of Stone. First of all, this one of my favorite song, and second is nobody that was near by me known the song lyrik. I don’t want to be convinced, but I was the only one who was singing Bridges of Stone at least in my side. And sometimes Tay looked at me singing along with him. It was such a thrill !!!!! The other great part of the concert was when they sang Speachless. The jam session that they made with their back up band was awesome !! During the jam Tay was dancing in the middle of the stage and suddenly somebody threw the brazilian flag . He took the flag and covered up his keyboard. While this, the keyboardist (whom I forgot the name) started playing a typical brazilian music called “Aquarela do Brasil”. IT WAS COMPLETELY AWESOME !!! THIS GUYS REALLY KNOW HOW TO ROCK !!! AND TAY IS A SHOWMEN !!!! NOVEMBER 17, BELO HORIZONTE’S CONCERT It was the best concert here in Brazil. Besides Ike’s birthday, it also was the last concert in the TTA TOUR. So, they really rocked !!! The whole show was perfect, but one of the best part was Ike’ surprise. Before tell about it , I’d like to mentioned that they sang NEVER LET GO, it was more than wonderful !!!! I almost died !! It was in the acoustic set. IKE’ SURPRISE: The last song of the acoustic set it was BEAUTIFUL EYES that Ike always sing alone. While he was singing Tay, Zac and one of their roadie got back on stage and stared dancing a strange ballet on Ike’s back. Poor Ike, he didn’t even notice. And they were dancing, until a little bit of tango, almost the whole song. All the audience were laughing. Then when he realized that everybody was laughing, he looked back and finally saw the brother’s joke. It was extremely funny !!! Then, Zac brought a cake on stage and Tay , Walker and other guys brought some bottles of champagne. They opened up the bottles and wet the audience and, of course, Ike got completely wet by champagne. During this “individual family party”, Zac started to sing on a mic, Happy Birthday to ISSAC, along with the audience. It was incredible !!! Zac was so happy in this day, that sometimes he stood up on his drums and started to shake the hips. It was so cute !!! Well, they sang 26 songs and the last one was IWANT YOU TO WANT ME (I was eager to see Zac sing this one, cause in Rio he didn’t sing). The only thing I have to say that Zac is quite crazy !!! Before finish the song he started to scale some irons that was supporting the stage. He was so high, that I got afraid for him. So, when he was coming down he stopped in the middle of the iron and suddenly jumped back to stage. HE WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS MIND !!! IT WAS AMAZING !!! But I hope that he won’t do this again , cause is very dangerous. To tell the truth, I don’t have words to describe how AWESOME, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING..... was this concert !!!!! In fact , the whole week was amazing for me !!! It was one of the happiest days in my life !!!!! I DO LOVE HANSON AND I’LL ALWAYS LOVE THEM...... Before finish this review I’d like to leave a message for some fans, principally the Brazilians. Be a Hanson’s fan is appreciate their songs, performances, in general their work. We all know that they’re cute and young , but above all they’re professional musicians and NORMAL GUYS. I don’t understand why some people have been shocked just because they saw the guys smoking, dating, drinking, having parties ..... (principally here in Brazil) First of all, this is none of our business and we don’t have to judge their way of life. I think that a real fan have to respect their private life and support their music. THAT’S ALL. THANKS FOR READING MY REVEIW, AND IF ANYONE WANT TO CONTACT ME, PLEASE BE WELCOME AND EMAIL ME : lindafinch@ig.com.br LATER I’LL SEND MY PICS FROM RIO’S CONCERT.

Hi my name is Amanda and I was just wanting to say that any one that went to the Portland, OR ~ Crystal Ballroom~ August 2,2000 concert to feel free to e-mail me; anyone else can e-mail me if it is about Hanson I want to hear about it. I posted a review and I forgot to include my e-mail address. It's justaygurl2005@aol.com  Talk to all ya Hanson fans later! Luv~ {Amanda}

Hello Hanson Fans!
We're the presidents from a Brazilian Hanson's fan club, the "Hanson Interlinked Universe fan Club", and we're
sending some Hanson's pics, from a concert that they did here in Sao Paulo... If you wanna something more, please
mail us: HIUfanclub@HansonHouse.com Thanks... Hope that you like Nadia Carvalho and Adriana Torquato
Hanson Interlinked Universe Fan Club HIUfanclub@HansonHouse.com
ps=> We'll send another's pics from Hanson's concert here in Brazil... wait there!

Hi my names Natasha and i wanna put up a review of Hansons concert At Massey hall and i duno how so if i write it in here will you post it on for me? That wouk be great! Thanks! or let me know how i can do it! here it is.... Hi My names Natasha and the HANSON CONCERT AT MASSEY HALL in TORONTO Sep.30 2000 was AMAZING! I was on the Galery (second belcony) and it wasnt as bad ad i though! The person i was supposed to go with told me she couldnt go the night beofre I almost died...I called all of my freinds and finally the last one i called was aloud to go! she wasnt really a hanson fan but didnt mind them at all NOW SHE IS! THANKS TO ME! But anyways..Zac Hanson is almost like my idol and i will never forget this..M2M came out and they were wicked too! I was waring the exact outfit and Marion from M2M it was a laugh! and Then wehn they whent off stage people set up for Hanson and finally THEY CAME OUT! i almost cried because i was so happy! i never saw them in concert before! My friend Didnt have tickets besode me so she sat across from me and the two girls i sat with were so fun! hehe..During Mmmbop Zac Finally Looked up our way..WELL, wehn i noticed no one was reacting to this like they usually woul i started blowing kisses and then i yelled I LOVE YOU and he smiled and wincked at me I WAS SOO HAPPY! ALL I SAID WAS "HE KNOWS I EGSIST!" HAHA It was great and then he started laughing and started waving his drum stick in the middle of a song and i was wondering what was so funny and the two girls were laughing and i asked what was so funny...THEY FLASHED HIM!!!! he loved it..He kept looking up after that! It was great and i even have a pic of him looking up at me! I loved it! If ya wnna know more about this wicked night My email is Tashys@hotmail.com and if you are one of those two girls so sat beside me at the concert (i think from missisagua) Please Email me! Hanson ROCKS!!!!!! I LOVE ZAC!

 Hey, I dunno if any of you guys read the most recent review posted on the "Concert Reviews and Pics" page, but it kinda made me mad. Zac was probably not trying to be mean at all, he was probably just joking around at first, but when that girl started yelling at him, he probably thought "This girl says she's a Hanson fan, yet she's being a b**ch to me, that's kinda strange (or should I say weird?)". It reeeally upset me that someone would actually say stuff like that to Zac, cuz he's a reeeally nice guy who's going through puberty (and if any of you have brothers his age, you'll know how they are), and he just wants to joke around and have fun. I understand that maybe he went a little too far, but so did that girl. I went to the Greensboro concert (yay), and at the end, everyone was waiting by the tour bus to see Hanson come out. Well, when Zac came out, I ran ! after him while he was going towards the bus (I wasn't reeeally thinking at this point), and I grabbed his shirt and held on. He started smiling and jokingly yelled "AHH!! Let go of me!" and when I wouldn't, he said "Ok, I reeeally have to go now, but thank you so much for coming". And he was all nice about it, although I recognize now that it was a reeeally stupid thing to do (but hey, at least he talked to me). So neway, my point is, Zac is a nice guy, and treating him like that is like saying "I hate you man, but I'm still a huge fan". If anyone wants to send me comments on this issue, my e-mail addy is Sureaboutit2002@aol.com. Peace, love and bulletproof marshmallows. Rock on forever Hanson. {Mathilde} Peace, love and bulletproof marshmallows. Mathilde.

my website called HANSONlive (http://www.envy.nu/hansonlive/) has all my pics and reviews up from me seeing Hanson. -Candice (candy@hanson.net)

Okay...about Natalie....My friends saw Hanson at a local theater in Pittsburgh where we live, and Taylor was with Ashley..like flirting and holding her hand...In NYC he was with Natalie, and in Arizona he was with a girl named Kate! So I think he needs to pick one. However I do know that Ashley lives in Georgia, Kate and Nat live in NC ..so they went home. Now what about Chelsea and Alyssa? I think tay needs some chill-down pills if ya know what I mean. Or to make up his mind..lol

 ARGENTINA, 3-4-5/11/2000 JJJJJJJJJJJ MI EXPERINCIA CON HANSON JJJJJJJJJJ 1- VIERNES. Los esperamos a la entrada del hotel, se suponia q llegarian a eso de la una y media, la cosa es q esperamos tooooda la maldita mañana, y nada. Llegaron las q habian ido al aeropuerto, y no llegaraban.... bueno, la cosa es q al final, ya estaban adentro!, q bronca!. Al ratito salieron por la ventana, yo vi a alguien, pero no me di cuenta de quien era, aunq dicen q era Ike, y creo q tambien estubo Taylor, no se... como era tan lejos, casi no llegabas a distinguir nada. 2- ese mismo viernes, a la noche, estabamos en la casa de una chiquilina de allá y la llama la amiga, diciendole q fuera a lo de Susana, q estaban ahí en ese momento, no sabiamos q hacer porq segun ella estabamos lejos, igual, salimos como cuete, en unos minutos estabamos ahí. Esperamos un ratito, nos contaron q cuando llegaron Taylor se habia colgado del porton, q era verde y todo de chapa. La cosa, es q estabamos al otro lado de la calle, q era angostita, y derrepente, veo a Zac colgado del porton, esa fue la primera vez q los vi en vivo, porq en el hotel fue de leeeeeejos, pero ahí era re-cerca. Me quedé dura, obvio q no pude sacar ninguna foto, porq fue derrepente y dos segundos, porq se subio, se estaba riendo y saludo y bajo. Y despues subio Taylor, pero no lo vi porq se me cruzó un omnibus de mierda! q bronca!. Bueno, la cosa es q cuando salió la camioneta todo el mundo salió corriendo atras de ellos, no vi nada para adentro porq tenia vidrios negros, nosotras nos subimos a un taxi, pero no la alcanzamos. Mientras ibamos corriendo, a Tatiana la paran de TELEFE noticias, y le preguntan si habia hablado con ellos y eso, Tatiana habia visto a Taylor y a Zac adentro de la camioneta (vista vionica), y empezó a gritar "vi a Zac y a Taylor!!!!", "es la segunda vez q me vengo de Uruguay para verlos!!!", y los locos ahí, grabandola!. Despues nos tomamos dos taxis y el peridosta les dijo a ellas q bajaran la ventanilla, y las chiquilinas de adentro gritando "los vimos!" "somos de Uruguay!!!", etc...etc... De ahí nos fuimos en el taxi hasta el hotel. Cuando llegamos ya habian entrado. Nos cruzamos con otras chiquilinas de Uruguay, y nos contaron como fue la "persecución". Ellas iban en un taxi siguiendo a la camioneta, dicen q Taylor abrió la ventanilla, y estaba filmando todo, primero sacó la camara, despues sacó la cabeza, y despues sacó medio cuerpo para afuera!, quedó sentado en la ventanilla, con una mano sostenia la camara, y con la otra se agarraba del fierro de arriba de la camoineta para no caerse (lo q me pareció muuuy arriesgado, está loco). Bueno, despues llegaron al hotel, y despues de entrar al estacionamiento, cerraron los portones, y bajaron de la camioneta, y saludaron a las fans q los venian siguiendo, metian los deditos por los cuadraditos del porton y saludaban, q divinos!!!. Aunq dicen q ike estaba medio serio...bastante.... 3- SABADO. De tarde, decidimos ir hasta McDonalds, para ir al baño, y todo, teniamos mucho calor!!!. Cuando volvimos al Luna, vemos a una chiquilina q viene llorando, y dice, "los vi..recien llegaron...", "queeeeeee??????!!!!!!!", pensamos nosotras, y salimos corriendo. Eran las 5 y 20 mas o menos, habian llegado para la prueba de sonido. Una chiquilina del club (romina) los vió, dice q a parte no pasaron muy rapido ni nada, porq eran poquitas personas en esa puerta. Por Unos Segundos!!!!. Bueno, la cosa es q ya habian llegado. Y en esa puerta nos quedamos, esperando. Se me dio por mirar por la cerradura, y ví una mesas con unos mateles de plastico con flores de colores y vasos. Ví pasar un tipo, q no se quien era. Al raaato, fuí con no me acuerdo quien, a hacer no me acuerdo que, y cuando volvemos, Flavia me dice bajito "je...vi a Zac..", "q!?", "donde??", le dije yo, y me dijo "ahí...por la cerradura". Lo q te voy a contar ahora es lo q yo vi, las chiquilinas vieron mas cosas, pero yo no me acuerdo q, despues les pregunto y te cuento. Lo unico q yo vi, la unica vez q miré por la cerradura, fue a Taylor de espalda, y a Zac, aunq Zac se movió, y lo vi de perfil. Estaban comiendo. Ines, una fanatica de Ike, lo vió comiendo...ahora esta media zombie, y repite "lo vi comer....lo vi comer...". Lo mas interesante, q yo me acuerdo, fue lo q Maria Jose vivó. No se quien, puso una cinta adesiva de esas blancas, para q nadie mirara, entonces las chiquilinas, con un palito, la corrian. Resulta q Majo, estaba mirando, y derrepente, se le aparece Zac q estaba mirando por el agujerito, y se rie, y empujaba el palito con el q las chiquilinas corrian la cinta, para afuera. Majo le decia "no zac...no zac...", hasta q el palito se cayó para afuera, Majo lo agarró de vuelta y lo metio de nuevo, y Zac estaba ahí mirando q era lo q ellas hacian... y agarró y les saco el palito. Majo se queria morir!...bueno...quien no en su situación!. Algunas porteñas q estaban ahí dijeron q despues de Zac, Taylor estaba mirando. No se en q terminó esa historia, cuendo lo averigue te cuento. Eso estubo bueno!. 4- EL CONCIERTO!!!!!!!!!. Como explicarlo???, IM-PRE-SIO-NAN-TE!!!!!!!!. Cantaron 19 canciones, no estan en orden: "thinking of you", "mmmbop", "speachless", "where´s the love", "a minute without you", "man from milwaukee", "you never know", "if only" (the best!), "this time around", "runaway run", "save me", "wish that i was there"(set acustico), "sure about it"(set), "in the city", "a song to sing"(set), "lonely again", "bridges of stone", "beautiful eyes", y otro cover q no se el nombre. Empezaron con You never... y la engancharon con el cover. En Beautiful eyes, Taylor presento a Ike, y quedo solo con su voz y su guitarra en el escenario, ahhh.... fue tan dulce. Anecdotas: en una de las veces q se fueron, la tribuna empezó a cantar "ole, ole, ole, oleeee, hansooon!, hansooon!..", y volvieron, y apareció Zac cantando "ole ole ole oleee hansooon hansooon!!!", pero lo mas gracioso, es q no decia "hanson" como lo pronuncian ellos, sino q decia "hanson" como lo decimos nosotros, asi como con "J", decia algo asi como "ole ole ole oleee jansooon jansooon!!" ...jajajaja, me reí bastante. Pero si hablamos de reir, Taylor si q me hizo reir...jajaja...me acuerdo y me rio. En "speachless" ellos presentan a los musicos y cada uno hace tipo un solo de algunos segundos. Y Taylor nos habia dicho q le siguieramos sus coreografias, cuando presentaron al del teclado (q a prosopito, cuando empezó su solo, parecia q estaba tocando una cumbia o algo asi, yo pensé "no...debo estar escuchando mal, pero flavia me miró como diciendo M?..y esto?", por suerte, despues hizo otro ritmo q ese si se parecia al rock) Taylor nos hacia mover los brazos de un lado al otro, y obserbaba q tooodos lo hicieran... yo no podia mas, me dolian los brazos, pero igual..seguia adelante!..no puedo creer la energia q tiene ese muchacho!...es increible!...LO AMO!!!. Despues presentaron al de la guitarra, y Taylor seguia con sus pasitos, y corria de un aldo al otro del escenario, saltando y moviendo los brazos, estaba como loco! AAAHHH!!!...LO AMOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!, y ahora viene la parte en donde me reí mas, cuando presentaron al del bajo (q por cierto, lo vi por la cerradura, comiendo, y es un muchacho muy apuesto), Taylor se puso como de espaldas al publico, y movia los brazos de arriba a abajo, como alabandolo, yo me quedé M?, y Tay miró para atras, y me parece q nadie lo estaba siguiendo, creo q todo el mundo quedó como yo, entonces volvio a mirar como diciendo "..y?...q esperan?...vamos!", y allá empezó tooooodo el Luna alabando al del bajo, y yo y valentina tentadas de la risa...jajajajajajajajajaja.... eso estubo buenisimo!. No me acuerdo en cuales, pero hubo algunas canciones en las q ike salia de su lugar, en una (creo q in the city) se fue hasta la otra punta del escenario, y tambien hubo otras en las q ike y zac como q se coordinaban y terminaban así como los dos juntos... no se si me entenderan, pero no se como explicarles. No me acuerdo mucho lo q dijeron, o en q canción. En una Ike dijo "esta canción...."aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! me olvidéeee...q boluda!. Bueno, en otra taylor dijo algo como q "esta cancion es para usted...." jajaja, o algo así. Zac dijo "................de nosotros". En "bridges of stone" taylor dijo q esta canción estaba preparada especialmente para nosotros, supongo q quizo decir para sudamerica y dijo q tal vez no la habiamos escuhcado. En "lonely again" dijo en ingles, "esta canción tal vez la escucharon, tal vez no, no se..". En "a minute without you", dijeron q esta canción estaba dedicada a mi, porq no podian vivir un minuto sin mi...jejeje.....En If only, al comienzo le hicieron una introduccíon cortita mientras taylor hablaba (raro, no?), y no me daba cuenta de q canción era, hasta q empezó a sonar la harmonica, q sonó perfecta. Analisis: If Only estubo impresionante, muy energica. In the city tambien. Terminaron con Man from M... lo q me pareció raro, no cantaron TTA a capella, eso lo hicieron en el show del domingo, en el q tambien cantaron Look at you, Dying to be alive, Sunshine of your love, Love song (amo esa canción!), y otras mas, pero yo no pude entrar :-( asiq solo escuché algunas canciones desde afuera, llorando, con algunas de mis amigas, pero esto nos lleva a mi encuentro nº 5. 5- DOMINGO: como el domingo no pude entrar :-( nos quedamos afuera, antes de terminar el concierto, decidimos ir a la puerta por donde habian salido y entrado el dia anterior, q era la puerta por donde nosotras habiamos estado mirando por la cerradura. No eramos muchas...al principio, despues empezaron a venir las otras chicas q tampoco habian podido ir al recital del 5. Vinieron los de seguridad, pusieron vayas, no empujaron...etc etc etc... Hasta q salieron!. Primero Zac, con un buzo rojo, pantalones oscuros y sus cabellos sueltos, paso rapido, y medio como q se rió. Despues Taylor, con una musculosa negra y un pantalon oscuro, dio dos pasos, y ya estaba adentro de la camioneta, y al final Ike, con ropa oscura, paso despacio, saludo con la mano, se secó el sudor, se puso la toalla en el hombro, y entro a la camioneta.... y se fueron.. :ó ( Esa fue la utlima vez q los vi.....por este año. Ya veremos q pasa el año q viene.... Esta es mi historia, seguro q me olvide de un monton de cosas, pero mi memoria no es muy buena. Espero q les guste y q no se aburran, si alguien quiere escribir, esta bien, me encanta q me escriban, mi mail es : jessika@conectate.com.uy THANK YOU VERY MUCH, jessica

 October 15, 2000 Erie, PA Hanson Concert This was going to be my last Hanson concert of "This Time Around" tour so I knew it would be perfect. I truly had the feeling that this time would be the time I finally would meet them. In heart, it was going to happen. This night was the best night of my life. It was my mom, Kyra, Jamis, and I that were on our way to Erie, PA to see Hanson at the Warner Theatre. I was so happy to see them three times during the tour but this was my last one so I wanted it to last forever! We got at the Warner Theatre around noon and saw some girls already there so we knew that once Hanson got here, it would be a riot! We were checking the place out and we decided to stay in the back where Hanson would arrive. I love seeing them arrive. It is one of the best parts of the day. Well, the day was really rainy but we didn't care! My mom was waiting on the other side to tell us when Hanson would get there cause we had to stay behind the wall when they would come. So my mom would whistle to give us a single when they would get here. It worked too! No one knew when they were coming besides us! Hehe. When the bus pulled up we ran closer even though we weren't allowed to. It got out of hand so they had to put a medal gate in front of us for Hanson's safety! It took awhile for them to actually come out! Avery went first and like I promised, I didn't take a picture of her. It isn't right! A couple times I saw Scott Hogan so I asked to get in a picture with him. Hehe. He's a cutie. I saw the whole back up musician crew and they all look like stoners. Lol. Anyway, Jessica jumped out of the bus and never went inside. She hung out with Walker, and some stage crew people! She was cute. Then Mackenzie ran off the bus and was bouncing up and down. He was dancing also! He is one funny little kid! I got the chance to see Zoe real close and she was staring at us and suddenly said "Bye Bye" as she passed us. So cute! 

Finally, Zac got off and he was smiling my way. He just had his hands in his pockets and walked towards us. His smile was so adorable. I'll never forget it. Ike got off a little after Zac. Ike was serious looking and then we said "Hey Ike!" and then he gave out a little smile and waved saying, "Hi. How are you?" aw I got some good pix of them. Well, once again Tay was the last one. He seems to be the last one all the time. Though I found out that he was sick. Everyone was saying that and Ashley, the babysitter, said that too. Poor Tay. I hope he will be ok for the concert. Some news reporter asked how I was surviving in the rain? I responded "We're standing in the rain.and we don't care!" hehe. I was saying something stupid like that. Though I got on the news that's what mattered. All of a sudden, Taylor got off of the bus, he went towards these other girls on the other side and then he walked towards us. He waved at me and smiled. I love that smile! They were all looking good and I was excited to see them one more time! We heard them doing sound check. I heard them playing "Can't Stop" so I was happy that they are going to play that. Later on, I met Ashley Greyson. He is really cool and very intelligent. In a way, he looks like Carson Daly. Hehe. I asked him if we were to give Hanson a tape of ourselves, if they would watch it and he answered, "Of course, they are always watching tapes on the road." Oh man, we were going to do that too. Though, we had three boxes of gifts to give to them if we were going to meet them. Some reason, I really believed it was going to happen. My mom mentioned to us that a radio station by the name of Star 104 will be there later on. They were giving out back stage passes but for some reason, I wasn't motivated to get some. I mean, every time I would see Hanson, I would try my hardest to meet them. Then I would get upset for trying so hard then realizing that I didn't meet them. This time, I just wanted fate to lead me to meet them. There is a reason for everything and if I am meant to meet them then it will happen unexpectedly. 

Later, we walked up in the front of the Warner Theatre and we saw the van with Star 104 DJs. I went to talk to the lady in the van and I asked her nicely if there was any way I could meet Hanson. She was being a bitch and saying that I was making her job hard. Right off the bat, she said "NO! You have to be a listener to get back stage passes." So there goes my chance. I told my mom and she was in her car right behind the Star 104 van. She was listening to the radio while we were across the road calling in the radio station to see if we can get the back stage passes that way. Though that didn't work out! I just had a feeling that this was my night that I was going to finally meet them after all this time. It wasn't just any feeling. It was a strong one that I knew could happen. Suddenly my fate came. My mom told us that she was listening to the radio and they said to put a star on a Hanson poster and show the DJs. That was the way you would win passes. So Kyra got her tour book out and put a star on it! I was excited and nervous at the same time. I knew that I couldn't go up to the DJs since I already bugged them. Kyra ended up knocking on the window to show them! "HARDER KYRA!" I screamed. They noticed Kyra and told her to go in the van. I was wishing the most I have ever done to meet them. I was watching Kyra inside and she had received a Star 104 sweater. I was curious but once she stepped out of the van, I looked at her and knew automatically that we got them. "Oh my god! We got them!!!" Kyra said in an excited way! That moment I will never forget. Tears were running out of my eyes as if I made the rain come into me! I have never felt as happy as I did ever before. I cried full of joy! I was walking towards my mom and cried out, "I'm going to meet them!" Every one was staring at me, but I didn't care. I am a true fan and that is all that matters. I knew one day it would happen and who would have thought that my feeling I had would come true! It was no longer a dream to meet them. It was reality that soon would be accomplished! 

I felt bad cause my mom and Jamis couldn't meet them cause Kyra could only get two passes. In fact, we were the last ones to get back stage passes. That was fate! You can't make something happen as you please. You have to wait for it and when it comes, it will be perfect. I never realized that til that day! We received our passes and had to get inside. When we got inside, it actually hit me that I was a matter of minutes away from meeting my inspiration, Hanson. I was waiting in line, and I got my camera ready though we couldn't get any autographs. Who cares about autographs. It is just a signature that is proof that you met someone. I wanted a picture near Taylor more than anything. We were the second group to go in. It was me, Kyra and six other girls that were going to meet them. It was a Meet and Greet so of course the meeting is supposed to be short! "Next group!" the security called. That was us. For some reason, I wasn't nervous one bit! I don't know why. I dreamed for this day to come true and when the day comes, I am normal. Hehe. I was happy about that. I always visualized that I would be shaky when I would meet them, but not today. As the door opened, I glanced in and saw Tay, then Zac, then Ike. It was fate. I believe that. I deserved to meet them so much and I am finally rewarded! As I walked in, I thought about all that I went through with them. I basically grew up with Hanson. They mean so much to me and now I get to shake and talk to the guys that are so important to me! I saw Tay first and went straight to him. He looked so beautiful. He looks so different though but in a good way. He was tall and extremely handsome. When I went to shake his hand, I accidentally shook his hand with my left hand. We laughed and we looked into each other's eyes. I know Tay doesn't feel what I feel for him. Though at that moment, I felt so worth it! He made me feel so pretty. Thank you Tay. He had this approach on me that I could be myself and I was. I gave him my presents and he just looked at them in awe that I would give him all that. 

I told him that I knew he didn't like receiving presents all the time but it is just something I had to do. I mentioned to him that I do give money to foundations. He looked real impressed and happy that I do that. "Thanks. I do really appreciate that!" He said while gazing into my eyes. Oh his eyes. I don't even have a word for them. Well, he told me he would look at my presents later on so I was content about that. "Tay, is it ok if I stand by you for the pictures?" I asked politely. "Sure, why not?" He replied as he grabbed my arm and took me closer to him to take the pic. Who would have thought that Tay had his arm around me. That's my accomplishment. Just to have Tay have his arm around me is all that I wanted! I decided to put my arm around him too. Hehe. After we got the pictures done, I went to talk to Zac. He is one muscular guy. I mean I would never look at him as a 15 year old. It was so cool cause he had these pimples. I got to see the natural Zac. Lol. I went up to him and told him Happy Birthday. "Birthday?" he looked confused. "Your birthday. next week!" I said to refresh his memory. "Oh yeah. Haha" He giggled! Dude, he almost forgot his birthday cause he is too busy! When I shook his hand, he squeezed it sooooo hard, I was about to cry. He was laughing about it. One word to describe Zac would have to be TOUGH! I went to see Ike. He looked the smallest believe it or not though he was cuter than ever too! Kyra was talking to him mentioning how he is a great musician and I butted in (sorry Kyra) and said "Yeah, Ike you are. Thanks for your music!" Then he was talking to me. We were just chatting about how he was going to talk to the fans outside but accidentally girls knocked over the medal gate. He was laughing about that. Ike had the biggest cheese but I loved it! Suddenly, we had to say our goodbyes which was sad to do. I knew that I had to ask Tay for a hug. He looked a little unsure and nervous but I simply said "Tay, I won't hurt you." He put all his trust in me. As he smiled, he gave me that soft, gentle hug of his. 

I have so many feelings for him that I know he can't return. That hug meant so much to me that I will never forget how it felt! If only I could be with him but in reality I knew that wouldn't happen. I saw through Tay's eyes that I am only a fan and sad to say I am only a fan. But, I know that I am important and being a fan does count. I know in heart, that I do mean a lot to them just in a different way! I hugged Zac also and like I said he is one TOUGH guy! Hehe! It's cool Zac. I liked that hug! I am so glad that Kyra got the chance to give Zac his birthday present to him. I think he thought the pimp hat we gave him was scary. He called it a Fedora! Ok.... I said goodbye to Ike, Tay, and Zac. Even though I didn't want to leave, I had to. Of course I was the last one out of the room. I looked back at them one more time and smiled. It felt like eternity just looking at them. They were beautiful. Then, it was over. After praying and going through hell trying to meet them, I finally met them. This day was extremely special. I don't think any day can compare to today. I will always look back and be proud that I achieved my goal. I never stopped believing. If it wasn't for my confidence, I don't think I would have met them. The more you believe and realize that it can happen to you, anything can come true! For you Hanson, thanks so much. I love you guys and never forget that! I know I am just a fan but remember that this fan will stay with your music forever! 

M2M was there opening act and this time I got more into them. Though I just wanted to see Hanson again! The lights went out and screams grew stronger. There they were. They are wonderful guys. I can't even explain how fantastic I felt that night! But I can tell you, that it is the greatest feeling to see them and know that you met them. I was excited that they played "In the City" and "Beautiful Eyes" though this time Isaac sang it solo. Poor Tay was so sick. I could tell in his voice. But the show must go on and he did pretty damn good keeping up the good work! I respect that even if he is sick, he still knows that we are important! I love you Taylor. They rocked out on "Can't Stop" and "If Only." I finally heard "Bridges of Stone." That is a magnificent song. It has a lot of meaning to it! But the one song that stuck out that night was " I Want You to Want Me." Zac sang lead on it while Tay was playing the drums! Oh my god! This was like Zac's best performance that he has ever done. Seriously. I have never seen him interact with us fans as much as he did that night. He really just enjoyed being with us. Thank you Zac! I appreciate everything that night. Even though they had a short set list, it was one of the best Hanson concert that anyone could ever attend. I respect Tay for putting his all out there even if he was sick. I also respect Zac for putting the best performance he has ever done, and I respect Ike for making "Beautiful Eyes" a solo that night unexpectedly. What else can I say but thank you! You mean everything to me and I got to do what I always dreamed of. I got to meet you! So til next time, I love you and good bye!

 On Monday I slept at Hanson´s Hotel here in Rio - Brasil. I saw many things the guys did and I hated them all. First of all, they were extremely rude with the fans, they consider themselves the biggest stars in the world. But that´s not the worst ... That night they closed the pool area and did a party for them, the guys from the band, the producers and Walker. As I said, it was closed, just for them, but, from my bedroom I could see it perfectly! All of them got DRUNK, they were screaming, doing stupid things, ... Then suddenly Isaac and Taylor started SMOKING! Can you believe it? If somebody told me that I wouldn´t believe, I´m glad I had the chance to see who Hanson really are. Just another thing, I didn´t see her but everybody at the hotel was saying Taylor brought his girlfriend ... I still love Hanson but nothing will ever be the same! Paty & July

Just want to comment on Zac's rudeness. As an adult Hanson fan, I simply see it as Zac "being 15." Yes, he is famous....and yes, he brought it on himself, so to speak...and yes, he should conduct himself more respectfully in public and toward his fans....but, in his defense, he is still just a 15-year-old guy...acting like a 15-year-old guy. For what he goes through and puts up with on a daily basis, I think we can cut him some slack for letting it get to him at times. Granted, Ike and Tay may handle their fanatic situations better, but they are a few years older, and in teen years, a "few years" is a lot! Think of it...there isn't one aspect of Zac's life that you would label as normal by any teen standards. How would you (or could you) handle the constant "in your face"-ness he deals with non-stop? Along with the celebrity status and all that goes along with it, he still is going through teenage feelings and changes and all that goes with THAT. You can all sympathize with that aspect of his life...so multiply it x10 and see if your attitude wouldn't be at least a little rude at times! I think Ike, Tay and Zac are ALL remarkable people...brothers with very different personalities. Zac is just at a point in his life where he is still trying to get a handle on his. We all have gone through it...or are going through it...or will go through it! So lighten up. Despite the fact that he is Zac Hanson...he is still just a 15-year-old guy. That's my opinion....and I'm stickin' to it! Thanx! Calex988@aol.com

I think that fans should stop saying that zac is mean to his fans becasue when i stayed at his hotel he was sooo nice to my friend jen (hey!) and I. when he walked past our door we jsut opened it and said hi and he stpped to talk for liek 20 mintues...he told us abou thwo the our was going and how he was excited fo rthe NY show taht night...he even gave us a hug when he had to leave. WE also heard Walker tlkaing to some poepl ourtisde our door and we couldnt really make out what he was syaing but he was talkign about Zac and Marion and how hes been very preoccupied wiht her around and unabloe to concentrate on the music..personally i think they should break up!

I don't think u will like this news much, but anyway, Hanson was here in Sao Paulo last week for 2 concerts! And as a huge fan I've been everywhere following them and on Wednesday, at night they left the hotel to the Rubaiyat restaurant, there were many fans outside the restaurant but I got in with my friend(we could get in because we were with our mothers), well, tay were in a closed area but in a few minutes they left to the bar, I asked Tay for an autography and when I realised he was smoking... I got chocked and I think I looked too much to his cigarrete that he said "Oh, sorry" (he thought it was because of the smoke) then we got to a closer table and they were with the guys from the back band, Walker was near them w/ other people, they asked for cuban cigars(I have the box-they paied $15 on it) and they smoked cigars and cigarettes, Zac left the restaurant early and he didn't smoke anything... The cigars had a horrible smell and I got a little said.... They talked about gf and smoking, I couldn't listen much... hehe, they're too silent! Tay was also with a glass of wine, but he didn't drink much, he ending drinking his friend's Coke...hehe... anyway, that's it... Thanks for choosing TeamTulsa.com and 2News NBC!

Hey!! Here's my review of Hanson's concert this past Oct. 26 in Mexico City: First M2M started the show... wow this girls are really awsome and sing really great and this was their last date with Hanson so they thanked them... they were happy... Ok so then Hanson arrived and started with You never know, wow they sounded amazing. They introduced the show in spanish (pretty good pronunciation)and they didn't stop. Ike looked amazingly gorgeous: Black pants, blue long sleeved satin shirt (oh my) and his curly golden hair longer than before... Tay looked incredible too: those brownish pants with a long black sleeved shirt who took off to reveal a short sleeved one... Zac (omg this guy has an awsome body!)beige khakis with a black TIGHT shirt with his hair in a ponytail (of course in "In the City" he took it down to do some headbanging!)and he is NOT fat, all he has is pure muscle. In "I want you to want me", Zac jumped off stage to run accross the auditorium but when he watched the girls coming, he jumped back on quickly... The whole concert was awsome... In "You can't always get what you want", Taylor ran to each side of the stage standing on the huge bugle horn and jumping... The best moment of the concert (personally) was when Isaac standed in one of them and kicked some great guitar solo... i thought that was my last moment there... Also when they introduced their back up band in "Speechless" (awsome version)Tay made us like bow to them, when Jason was introduced he played "La Cucaracha" im sure you've heard that song.. it was hilarous The best concert of my life, no doubt about it... And YES I met them!! I dunno if you got the information but there was a live video-chat today at tvazteca.com (local tv company) and i won a contest (the 15 biggest collecton of hanson things, i won with 1000 things)and i attended as audience. So anyway, the chat started and one of the questions were "Do you have girlfriends?" and Tay said "We've been seeing people yea" and then Zac said "Yes, I do have a gf" (I swear this is true, I was there! and im sure the ones who watched the videochat can assure you this too), also he said this like after thinking about it for a while. The interviewer asked "what does she look like" and zac said "That's for me to know and for you to dont know" (cute)... After he said this Ike and Tay were just laughing and nodded their heads... They gave an autograph session also, they signed about 250 or 300 autographs, wow huh? I got mine and i have to tell you that they are so sweet! It was amazing, i will scan my autograph and I'll send it to ya asap, ok? Thanks for reading! ~)Jess(~ For more information, comments or questions: jup59@hotmail.com

Six of us went: Me, my friend Mary, her little sister Ellen, their Mom, our friend Jenny, and Mary's friend Crystal, who was going to meet us later on in Detroit. We all started out by going to Mary's house after school, where her Mom made us T-shirts to wear... just iron ons. She messed up Mary's shirt, (Zac's eye made him look like an alien), so she did some revamping, and ended up with an AWESOME shirt. (Green picture of Hanson on top, blue on bottom, with "HANSON" covering up Zac's eye... the "HANSON" got turned upside down, but it looked cool anyways.) Well, once we had FINALLY gotten underway (first of all we went to a S-L-O-W McDonalds, and then got caught in a traffic jam on the highway), we listened to Hanson all the way up. (Except when Ellen and Jenny made us listen to Eve 6... we were kind of mad at that!) When we finally reached Detroit, we had the incredible luck of getting lost! We were SO scared that we would be late!!! But we finally found our way to the State Theater. We saw a huge crowd of people around one of the windows, so we stood there, hoping to see Hanson. Guess who just happened to be standing in front of us? (No, not Hanson... I WISH!) It was Crystal! We weren't even expecting to see her until the concert started. We were standing there, and we saw Mrs. Hanson at the window, and either Jessica or Avie, but we think it was Avie. Then someone (Walker?) came to the window with a video camera... we all screamed so loud! I was holding our sign, so I held it up. (It said "SMOOCHES" Don't ask HOW we came up with that, but it was well worth it, which you'll hear about later! To see a picture of us and the sign, go HERE All of the sudden a huge uproar started. Taylor was at the window! He was trying to climb up so that he could wave down at us, but he couldn't quite get it. He kind of waved out, but then left. (LoL... when he opened up the window... he broke it!) Mary's Mom made us go get in line, so we didn't get to see the other times that they came to the window. (Crystal stayed, so she saw it.) The girls in front of us in line had been to the Meet and Greet... LUCKY GIRLS! They turned around and started talking to us once they saw how upset Mary was about leaving her money in the van. (Her Dad drove us up, and he went somewhere else while we were at the concert.) We got to hear all about them meeting Hanson. (We smiled, but we were all seething inside... WE wanted to meet Hanson... but then again, don't we all?) They were really cool, which sucked, cause then we couldn't hate them for meeting Hanson! LoL! :o) The line stalled right by the tour buses, and we were all looking up into the windows. There was a TV on in one of them. Then the girl that we had seen upstairs, Avery I think it was, got off the bus. She was kind of looking at us like she wasn't sure if she should have gotten off, but we just smiled at her and moved on with the line. On another of the buses someone (two people, actually) were playing some racing game... Mario Cart, I think it was. Anyways, we finally got inside, and we snuck our cameras through, thankfully! (Some of my pics came out okay, but most didn't. :o( ) While M2M, Hanson's opening band, was playing, Mary and I went out to go buy stuff. We both got a T-Shirt (different ones), and an event poster. (If you're wondering... I paid for Mary's stuff... kind of an early Birthday present, and a Thank You for bringing me to the concert!) By the time we got back to our seats, M2M sang only about two more songs, and then they left the stage. (They have a cool sound, and are great singers... but we were all just too excited to see Hanson!) We were all just standing around, but every time the stage crew brought out an instrument, we all started screaming! And then they uncovered Zac's drumset... now THAT was loud! But not as loud as when the lights turned off... I can remember that I was very calm until the moment Hanson stepped foot on the stage... then I was a ball of nerves. I screamed so loud! Mary and I spent our time waiting for Isaac to look our way, and then we'd raise the "SMOOCHES" sign. I think he saw it once or twice the first song. Then we put it down for awhile. I was really disappointed that I could not see Taylor very well, but soon I was getting into the music, and let me tell you, Isaac is a H-O-T-T-I-E in person!!!!!! Zac was SOOO grown up! It's hard to believe he's only 14! (Well, that's how old he was then!) I wonder if he knows he could have any girl, any age, that he wants? After the first song, Zac got up and went around to the front of his drum set and was fiddling with the screw on one of his cymbals. I guess it was loose or something... Well, anywayz... I'm not sure exactly WHEN they sang "Love Song", but I know that it got all quiet (well, as quiet as a Hanson concert is going to get), and then Isaac sang, "Mary was a young girl..." Mary and I screamed. People turned around and looked at us, and I'm pretty sure I saw Isaac give us a "what the heck" look, and Zac might have looked up also. Mary was like "That's me! That's me!". LoL! When they were sitting in the acoustic set, Zac got hit in the head with one of those glow stick type things. He picked it up and said, "Would you PLEASE stop throwing these things! You hit me in the head!" (Or something like that.) LoL! Poor Zac! Here's the BEST part! During the acoustic set, before they started playing. Zac was just kind of looking around the audience. Mary and I waiting for him to look our way, and when he did, we held up the "SMOOCHES" sign. And Zac blew us a kiss!!!!!! We were jumping up and down, screaming our heads off! Honestly! I know we sound like those girls who are like "So-and-so was looking at me the whole time...", but it's true! We got Isaac and Zac's attention a couple of times throughout the concert... I think! :o) Hee hee, pays off to be loud mouths! Oh yeah, funny side note: When they dedicated a song to those up in the balconies (thank God it wasn't me this time!!!) there was this one girl in her bra and shorts... and that was it. Hee hee, they had the funniest looks on their faces! Hmm, I haven't said anything about Taylor yet! Umm, well, during one of the songs, I looked over, and I saw him do the "heavy metal" sign to someone in the audience... who I now know was a guy named Nick. Go Nick! When they were introducing the back-up band, Taylor was speaking into his microphone, but something must have been wrong with it, because we couldn't hear what he was saying. He finally just gave up and motioned to us what to do. (Of course, we followed!) Hmm... I think Taylor was sick at the concert... poor thing! He wasn't singing all that much, and Zac and Isaac both did their "solo" songs. (Isaac came out and sang "More Than Anything"... I love that song! (I think Taylor needed a break or something... sucks to work when you're sick, probably especially if you're a singer!)). Also, LoL, if he was sick, then his germs were floating around! Hee Hee, everyone that I went to the concert with has been sick. (I was sick right after the concert, as was Ellen. Mary got sick later.) I don't mind though... I'll take Tay's germs anyday! ;o) You know, at first I was really mad that the security was so dang tight! I mean, you could barely go two feet without seeing a new security guard... but now, I'm really glad! After hearing all those stories about fans jumping onstage, I'm glad that there were so many security guards around to protect Hanson. (I just wish they hadn't been so strict on the camera issue!) Okay, well this ends Dream's narrative of the Hanson concert! If you want to e-mail me, my e-mail addy is DreamALttleDream@aol.com I would love to hear from anyone, 'cause I love talking about Hanson!! _____ Thank you!!! ;o) I know it's wordy, but thanx! Dream

 hi, we are from Chile, and yesterday saturday (october 28) m2m was in santiago, mall parque arauco singning autographs and we know about the rumors with zac so we went there to ask her(marion), and when she was going to singn a poster for us ,we said "are you dating zac?" and she said "thats a too personal question" and we said "yes or no" she said "i can´t answer that". so she didn´t said no, we think because every body was there (tv, radios and about 20 fans) . hanson fans (chile) Tu correo gratis en MixMail http://www.mixmail.com Crea o sube tu web personal en http://espacio.ya.com

 Hanson Live! I have a whole website of pictures from my Hanson experiences, if you want to link me or use any pictures, go ahead :)

 I went to the Hanson concert on September 28, 2000 in Detroit, Michigan at the State Theater with my parents (my mom came to the concert, my dad just drove us up), my sister Ellen, and my friends Adrian and Jenny. My friend Chrystal also had seats right next to us but drove up separately the day before. After school before we left Grand Rapids we ironed on the transfers that we made for shirts and got stuff together to make the sign. We left my house around 4. We stopped at McDonald's to get something to drink and it only took the SLOW worker twenty minutes to get our stuff, so we were officially on the road around 4:25. On the way up me, Adrian, Jenny, and Ellen made our sign that read "Smooches" while listening to all of my 24 Hanson CD's. When we got actually in to Detroit it was around 6:15ish. We got kinda lost because the directions that Yahoo! had given us were wrong. But we finally made it! My Dad dropped us off and we got out of the car to hear loud screaming. We walked over to where the line was and stood on the opposite side of the street. I asked someone why everyone was screaming and she said "Taylor keeps coming to the window and waving!". So we were waiting for him to come to the window when someone came up (I THINK it was Diana, but I am not sure) with a video camera and started filming us fans. Adrian held up our "Smooches" sign and we all waved. (The window they were looking out of was about 3 stories up.) Then all of the sudden the window opened and Taylor waved and video taped us. Adrian continued to hold up the sign while I took some pictures. I was screaming sooooo loud and I could barely stand I was soooo shaky. So then very ironically I look and right in front of me was my friend Chrystal so we talked for a minute and she was going to come in after awhile. The rest of us went to get in line, even though we did have reserved seats (row J on the Floor) we still wanted to get in to buy stuff. When in line we met some nice girls who had gotten to meet Hanson earlier because they had won some passes off the radio. So we were talking to them for awhile. So still waiting in line when I realized that I left my money in the car! (Yes! I AM AN IDIOT! LoL) I was sooo mad and soo sad that I was crying and Adrian (being the GREATEST friend) was like "Don't worry you can borrow money from me!!" (She had TONS of money with her.rich!) And the girls in front of us turned around and were like "Ohh! Are you okay?? Are you just really excited??" And so we told them and the girl gave me a hug and saw that I was cold and was like "Do you want my sweatshirt? You are freezing!" And even though I wasn't that cold I thought that was like the nicest thing ever for her to offer. Adrian kept telling me it was fine to borrow money and tried to make me happy. Then when I wasn't she was like "Mary! We are at a Hanson concert! Hanson! You need to put a smile on your face! I already said I had plenty of money!" So then I was finally smiling again and we were starting to get let in. As we were walking in we saw either Jessica or Avery (I am not sure which one) get of one of the tour buses and she looked around for a minute then went into another entrance. We hid our cameras in our pants(yeah, I know that sounds sick, but it worked) and went in. The security guard looked at me as he took me ticket and said "Do you have a camera?" and I was like "No." And he goes "Are you lying??" and I was like "No." (By this time my camera was kinda slipping and I thought I was going to get caught) And he laughed and was like "I am just messing with you!" So we went right downstairs to the bathroom so I could fix my camera. Then we went up and found our seats and Adrian and I went to go get our stuff while M2M was playing. I had never heard them before until then and they were pretty good, but I wanted to get my stuff before Hanson came on. So we went out and Adrian and I both got a T-shirt and an event poster. Then by the time we got back to our seats M2M was finishing their last song and then Hanson's crew came out and began to set up their stuff. Everyone was screaming sooo much, especially when Zac's drums got uncovered. At about 8:25ish Hanson came out on stage!!! Everyone screamed really, really loud as they began playing "Look At You". Adrian flashed our "Smooches" sign and we screamed and sang along. The concert was awesome!!!!!! After "Look At You" they went into "Where's the Love", "Runaway Run", "River", "Love Song", (During "Love Song" when Ike sings 'Mary was a young girl.it was pretty quiet and we all started screaming when he said Mary (b/c that is my name) and I was like "That's me! That's me!" and all the girls in front of us turned around and kind of looked and Ike kinda looked over like a surprised kinda look.it was so funny")"Wish That I Was There", "Thinking of You", and "Can't Stop". Then there acoustic set was set up and they came out and played "Sure About It" then.the BEST part of the concert happened. Just as they were starting "A Song To Sing", Zac who was sitting on my side (the left side) was looking out at all of us and so I flashed up the "Smooches" sign and he looked at it and kinda squinted to see it then quickly held his hand up to his mouth and blew a kiss while giving this cute "I can't believe I am doing this" kind of smile. It was SOOOOOO GREAT!!! I started screaming like nothing else and I turned to Adrian and was yelling "Did you see that??? Did you see that????" she was screaming and nodding her head. It was sooo awesome that he saw it!!! Because I think that Ike MIGHT have seen it a couple times, but I am not sure. And I want to say that I was REALLY good about the sign. I would FLASH it every now and then.I wasn't holding up so that the people behind me couldn't see.believe me I wouldn't.that's what happened to me at the Pine Knob concert. But still the girls behind me were yelling "Put down the damn sign!!!!!!!" But honestly I was very good about holding it up only for a second. After "A Song to Sing" they did "Lucy", "Money", then Ike did "More Than Anything". Then Tay and Zac came out and they did "You Never Know", "Minute Without You", "I Don't Know", "If Only" (VERY awesome), "Hand In Hand", "Speechless" and the introducing of the backup players.Tay's mic was like broken or something b/c we saw his lips moving but no sound was coming out but it was sooo awesome b/c everyone was following EVERYTHING he told us to. Everyone looked like programmed robots. Then they did "This Time Around" followed by "MMMBop" which got a HUGE response, then the last song "Sunshine of your Love". The whole concert I sang along to all the songs and screamed and all that. At one part people kept throwing up the glow rings and one hit Zac in the head and he was like "PLEASE stop throwing these!!! One just hit me in the HEAD!" And at another point I saw some bouncing off Tay.no offense to people who throw stuff up on stage but I personally find that INCREDIBELY RUDE! Also Tay had to ask that whoever had the laser pointer to please put it away.laser pointer??? Can you get any ruder?? But I guess that's just the way some people are. Well everyone was screaming for them to come out, so they did and played "Man From Milwaukee" and Zac got out from behind his drums and did "I Want You To Want Me" which was REALLY great!!!!!! Then they did their bow and left. It was really the GREATEST concert ever, they were sooo awesome. After the show we went out to wait for my Dad and took pics of us by the State Theater sign. When we got picked up and got out of Detroit we went to this diner to eat (it was the only thing open.it was about midnight) and we saw some girls who had also gone to the concert so we kinda talked to them for awhile. Then when we went outside the car that was parked next to us was a bright red pickup and on the side in big yellow letters it said "Big Ike's Roofing" well we thought that was pretty funny (yes, I am a dork) so we took a picture of it. I just have to say that that was the GREATEST day of my life and they are the GREATEST band ever! Oh and when I went to pay Adrian for the stuff I got she wouldn't let me.she said it was for my birthday! How NICE is that?? If anyone wants to e-mail me and talk about the concert or Hanson or whatever my e-mail is maryluvshanson@yahoo.com and my webpage that I have with my friend is http://www.angelfire.com/music/listentothemusic/thistimearound.html

 Hey!! Here's my review of Hanson's concert this past Oct. 26 in Mexico City: First M2M started the show... wow this girls are really awsome and sing really great and this was their last date with Hanson so they thanked them... they were happy... Ok so then Hanson arrived and started with You never know, wow they sounded amazing. They introduced the show in spanish (pretty good pronunciation)and they didn't stop. Ike looked amazingly gorgeous: Black pants, blue long sleeved satin shirt (oh my) and his curly golden hair longer than before... Tay looked incredible too: those brownish pants with a long black sleeved shirt who took off to reveal a short sleeved one... Zac (omg this guy has an awsome body!)beige khakis with a black TIGHT shirt with his hair in a ponytail (of course in "In the City" he took it down to do some headbanging!)and he is NOT fat, all he has is pure muscle. In "I want you to want me", Zac jumped off stage to run accross the auditorium but when he watched the girls coming, he jumped back on quickly... The whole concert was awsome... In "You can't always get what you want", Taylor ran to each side of the stage standing on the huge bugle horn and jumping... The best moment of the concert (personally) was when Isaac standed in one of them and kicked some great guitar solo... i thought that was my last moment there... Also when they introduced their back up band in "Speechless" (awsome version)Tay made us like bow to them, when Jason was introduced he played "La Cucaracha" im sure you've heard that song.. it was hilarous The best concert of my life, no doubt about it... And YES I met them!! I dunno if you got the information but there was a live video-chat today at tvazteca.com (local tv company) and i won a contest (the 15 biggest collecton of hanson things, i won with 1000 things)and i attended as audience. So anyway, the chat started and one of the questions were "Do you have girlfriends?" and Tay said "We've been seeing people yea" and then Zac said "Yes, I do have a gf" (I swear this is true, I was there! and im sure the ones who watched the videochat can assure you this too), also he said this like after thinking about it for a while. The interviewer asked "what does she look like" and zac said "That's for me to know and for you to dont know" (cute)... After he said this Ike and Tay were just laughing and nodded their heads... They gave an autograph session also, they signed about 250 or 300 autographs, wow huh? I got mine and i have to tell you that they are so sweet! It was amazing, i will scan my autograph and I'll send it to ya asap, ok? Thanks for reading! ~)Jess(~

 My name is Ashley and this is my review of the Detroit, Michigan Concert @ the State Theatre. Me, my mom, my sister and my friend Steph got there at like 2 or 3 p.m. My mom and my sister went into the little bar thingy that they had there. In there there was like this curtain thingy leading to backstage, but they were unfortunately guarding it. So, anywayz, me and steph were standing in front of the theater talking to people and there were some really kewl people that were funny. Hey Its Zac(inside joke. You'd know if you were there). So about a half hour after that we saw a bus that kind of looked like Hanson's but It was Matchbox 20. They were recording us and waving at us. It was pretty sweet. Then about a half hour after that, we saw Hanson's tour bus pull up. So we ran to the side of the building. Then the security gueard was yelling at everyone to get behind the light post and because I was actually listening, I got pushed to the back of the group. Well, we were told Hanson weren't in there but we saw Mackie, Avery, Jessica, And zoe. She's so adorable. She waved at us cuz we were being quiet. But this mean lady was taking pictures of her when she was standing in the front of the bus. We stood there for about 1 1/2 hours and waited for Hanson. Then, a red van pulled up. We all soon realized it was Hanson but told EVERYBODY not to scream so they wouldn't like leave really fast. Zac hurried by, but Taylor and Ike waved. They all looked great, but Zac looked mad or something. So after they went into the building me and Steph got out of there, cuz it was really hot. She took my picture next to the tour bus. hehe. So anyways, after that we stood in front of the theatre waiting in line for like 2 hours. We were all getting impatient. First they said we would only be waiting for like until 6:30 and they didn't start letting us in till 7. But we had 14th row and it was a REALLY great concert. Email me at fxy2003@hotmail.com 

 Hi im Brandy and i have a wonderful concert story! Oct.20th i went to see em at the Pageant Theater in St Louis, Missouri. It rocked! First, me and my friend Kimberly (that i met in line) went over to see there tour bus. We saw their lil' bro Mackie and Jessica. She has really long blond hair! Mackie looks like Zac and Ike put together. There wuz bout 20 girls by the bus. We started singing songs to get them to cum off their bus. We sang bout 10 songs. Then it wuz time to go in. This place is REALLY small but hey the smaller the better. I ended up bein the 6th person back! Heres somethin funny and kinda cool,During a song i can't remember which one, it got towards the end of that song and then all a sudden it stopped. Me and bout' 4 or 5 other girls were still jumpin up and down. Pretty funny. Zac looked at me and just smiled such a cutie.Alot of times during a song whenever they said u i would jump up as high as i could pointin to Zac and he would smile at me. They sang all the songs off of T T A, andLook at You , Where's The Love , I want You To Want Me,MMMBop, Lucy,Speechless, Lonely Again, and bout 4 or 5 others i diidn't know b/c i couln't tell what they were singin.It wuz good though. They sang the chorus of This Time Around acepella in the center of the stage. IO smiled at Zac and he smiled back. (soo cute). Somehow i pushed my way up to about 3/4 person to the front cuz everyone wuz pushin to touch their hands i wuz about___________________ that close to gettin Zac's hand (awwwe nuts) O well, it rocked. I got smiled at alot by Zac.O well better than a hand shake i guess. Brandy

 Arizona State Fair, October 29, 2000.....I attended the Hanson concert at the AZ State Fair, and it was phenomenal. My friends and I, (Megan, Alison, Carmen, and me, Stevie) had front row seats, directly in front of Taylor, and to our right of Zac. We ended up getting backstage passes about thirty minutes before the show started and got the pleasure of meeting them. This was the second time we had met the guys, last time was on August 10th at the Web Theater in AZ. We were the third group in line, and as soon as the guys walked in they immediately spotted us. They continued giving us glances until it was our turn to meet and greet the guys. We walked up, in the order of Megan, Carmen, me, and Alison. Megan and Carmen, decided to stake out their spots for the picture in front of Taylor, so it was kind of hard to get to him. But when I did I shook his hand and h! e gave me the biggest smile and winked. I moved on and shook Zac and Ike's hands, and took my place for the pic. I was next to Zac and Alison. Zac put his arm around me and all the guys gave their best smiles. After the photo shoot was over, I turned around and Zac put his hand on my shoulder and said "Nice to see you, Have a great time at the show!". He is really sweet. And Isaac shook my hand again and said the same thing. We exited the backstage area, having to be escorted out by a family friend of mine because of the mob of girls who had formed around the backstage area. We took our seats and I nearly got attacked due to my backstage pass. The show soon started and it was amazing. Zac had looked at Alison and I the whole time and we were exchanging laughs and smiles. Taylor looked quite a few times as well in the beginning of the show. During "In the City! " Taylor ran right at me and stood their and sang looking directly at me, it was kind of frightening, but an awesome experience. While Zac sang "I want you to Want me" he grabbed Megan's hand, the only one in a group of about 20. And Isaac threw two guitar pics at us, I managed to nab one. Taylor also ran right by us and we all got to touch his sweaty arms, haha. Well.......It was a great show and I hope everyone else gets to meet the guys as we did. They are amazing guys, and we should be so thankful for them for sharing their incredible talents and music with us. Thank you. STEVIE -Z-

 Hey! How have you been? what r u doing for Halloween? i am going to a party tonight for Halloween. Anyays, I went to Missouri last weekend to see hanson and it didnt go so welll..here is my review; (my sister wrote it...so sh is talking abotu me) oh ya, and M2M opened for hanson.. Ok here is what happened. I will not be ragging on M2M because frankly I like them and they are very talented. And they were NEVER rude to the fans. And I won't exagerrate anything this is exactly what went on. It started the day before the concert. Hanson showed up at in the middle of the night at the hotel. We had already had a room there so we were pleasantly surprised to wake up to see their tour buses outside. As the day went on their were more and more fans..one group of girls sat in the lobby singing and playing guitar. Jessica Harp if you know who she is. So anyways...There were 4 other concerts going on that night one was Mystical and Coolio..so the hotel was packed with all kinds of fans and people. there were so many people that the elevators got all screwy and would go to different floors before it dropped you off on yours. So anyways....we were on our floor around 10pm the night before the concert...and we had our door open and these girls come screaming into our room..."ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO THE CONCERT??" we were all yeah..and they wre like DON'T!! cause I guess cause Zac had misjudged them and thought they were going up and downthe elevators when really the whole elevator system was screwy so he basically told them a snide remark. and left. So thye were all mad. And my very dramatic sister Annalies..heard about this and was like so upset because we have witnessed many times where zac goes out of his way o be rude to fans..like shutting th tour bus in their faces when all they asked for was a simple autograph..many things went on in San Fran and LA like that..so she was all "I hope he says something like that to me so I can tell him off" keep in mind these fans..had a room next door to ours.. and Marion hadone next door to them. And so we wre all talking in my hotel room and we hear Zacs voice so we pop our head out the door and it's him mackie, Marion and some other guy named Zac and they were getting ice from the machine and Zac says.."hey lets stand outside our hotel room for no reason" and when he says all of this he's not being funny sarcastic he's being rude. and that's when my sister went off.. she comes storming out of the room down the hall to Zac .. "don't you get it?? we are who make you, YOU!! yet you treat us like shit!!" we weren't even bothering you. and zac went off and said..."I'm sorry if you think you are different from the rest..but the last few shows we've had people roaming the halls and frankly.. i find that annoying." And Annalies was all "this is our room we weren't following you...you talked to us we didn't talk to you" and he starts walking to the elevator to leave the floor and people start coming out of their hotel rooms because they were both yelling so loud. and then annalies says.."some people wait their whole lives to meet you and when they do it's a dissapointment because you are so mean to them." and he walks passed her and says "deal with it", and that's when she said "you are a fuc*ing ass" and he turns to her with a grin and was all "thanks ..I really appreciate that" he kinda looked hurt. But you don't even know how rude he was being...Everyone around was like YEAH! cause someone finally told him off. So then he got in the elevator and left and we were like so mad...and we were talking on the bed inside our room..with our door open so the girls next door could come in and out without a key...and we hear the elevator door open and a girl talking and then her say.."shhhh" and they walk passed our room holding hands.. zAc and Marion and you can hear them whispering to each other outside of her room..and then a long silence..and then i heard him say good night. and on his way to the elevator he walks into our room and says "maybe I'm wrong...maybe I'm wrong" and we thought he was gonna apologize or something..and we hear Marion say "zac just go to the elevator" but he continues and says "but I don't leave my hotel door propped open." and he repeated himself we were like WHAT????? and he walks off...he thought we had our door open to spy on him and his little girlfriend..like we really care to see him make out with her in front of the door or whatever...the whole point was it wasn't about us being jealous over him and another girl..it was about him treating the fans like crap..yeah maybe there are fans that do that..but he needs to understand that..he can't go around treating all the fans like shit..that's how you lose fans not gain them. he's famous...people want to see him..talk to him so he needs to take his own advice and "deal with it" As for Ike and tay and the M2M girls..they were way nice. I was surprised how talented the girls were..I expected to hear high voices..but they don't really.. they sounded great.

 Hello my name is Bridget and i'm from Canada. I was wanting to write you for a while i'm a big hanson fans. And i was at the Montreal show on September 23rd and it kicked ass but thats not what i wrote you for and would like it if you put this on your site please. I talked to a girl when she came off the bus and i'm not to sure of what her name was i didn't ask her but i asked her if she was any of the guys girlfriend's and she said yes she was that she was Tay's girlfriend and so when she was walking away i was taking pictures of her and man shes really pretty!!! then while most of the fans were at the sides of the place she came out again and she was going into the bus and some girl yelled out Natilie and she looked and went over to her and they were shaking hands and the other girl was really pretty to and Natilie i guess thats her name gave her a meet and greet sticker and then Natilie took the other girl inside but i think they new each other so. But man they are both very very pretty and i will send you pictures of them shaking hands and talking and when Natilie was going inside when i get my pictures down alright. Then while the concert was going on i went up to the balcony and Natilie and that girl were standing there singing and clapping and stuff but i didn't get a picture of that and they were with Jessica and Avery. Then after the show i say Natilie holding Tay's hand but i didn't have any film left over so i was kinda mad about that but i will try to get my pictures scanned as soon as i can so you can put them on your site and please post what i said. thanks alot Bridget

 Hello my name is Haley and i was wondering if you can put what i'm about to say on your site please? Ok i went to the Toronto show at Massey Hall and it was a wicked show i had 3rd row seats and well before the show i was standing with a bunch of other fans and then Hanson's bus pulled in and everybody was all pushed up to the bacl but i stayed in the front and i say them get off the bus and it was only Walker Isaac Taylor and Zac who got off the bus and they went right inside. But then all the fans had left after about 30 minutes and i stayed there and just watched to see if Diana Jessica Avery Mackenzie and Zoe but nope they didn't come over the bus they went shopping so they weren't even on the bus but after about 45 minutes it was only me and my friend standing there and 2 girls got off the bus and they were both very pretty girls. and we asked them if they were Kate and Natilie and they came over and said no that Kate doesn't travel with the guys and that the one with kinda long blonde hair and blue eyes was Natilie and she said yes when we asked her if she was Taylor's girlfriend and so we asked the other girl with Natilie if she was Zac's girlfriend and she said yes she was and her name is Carrie!and they were saying that Carrie met Natilie in Montreal before the show and she got to meet them backstage and then she started dating Zac. and then before the show we were in the little ticket both thing and it was only me and my friend thats it and the people from the ticket both and Diana, Jessica, Avery Mackenzie,Zoe and Ashley come walking in and we got pictures but i don't believe in give them out because they are mine. and i was talking to Jessica and she said that there girlfriend were with them but not Ike's girlfriend. Then they left and we were looking throw this little window thing and listening to the guys play and then the music had stopped and i saw Isaac go up stairs and then about 20 minutes later Zac came down stairs with Carrie holding her hand and Natilie was behind them and i didn't get picturesof this because it all happened so fast. Then Taylor went by just after Zac, Carrie and Natilie had gone by. Then i went to my meet and greet and it was really cool to meet them and then before they took the picture i saw Natile and Carrie standing over to the side in another roomwith Jessica, Ashley, Mackie and Avery and then after the picture i asked Taylor if Natilie was his girlfriend and he said yes it was. And i asked Zac if Carrie was his girlfriend and he said ya. then the show was wicked and off to the side in one song Zac kept looking over and so i looked over and it was Natilie and she was holding Zoe. and after the show Natile came out with Carrie and then right behind them was Ike Tay and Zac well please post this on your site and i will get back to yuo with some pictures ok! thank you Hanson fan Haley

Well, Hi, my name is Barbara , and I´m from Chile. I went to the hanson show , at the "Estadio Chile" on November 2 , it was fantastic!! M2M didn´t sang before they, and the concert started at 9:00 pm. I had never been on a Hanson concert before, so, it was very exciting, especialy, coz i was in the first place with a group of friends, near Tay. They sang 18 songs, 6 from Middle of nowhere, 11 from This time arround, and 1 cover "Sunshine of your love" of Jimi Hendrix. I was outside the place at 6: 00 pm, and the doors of the "Estadio Chile" opened at 7 30, then we had to wait for our band an hour and a half. The concert finished at 10 30 and then with all the tears of all the fans, they left the place. I had waited for that concert since ' 97 , 3 years, and now my wish had come true.

 M E X I C O: hey what´s up? I´m Steffany from Pto. Vallarta Mexico, and I have to tell you that Hanson´s concert in Mexico city, was a bomb, it was really cool, my mom had to drive for about 13 hours to get to Mexico city, but it was really great, and also I could talk to TAYLOR, he is so cute and sweet, he touch my hand, and even when the security guys were pulling him out of the place he ´till talking with me!!!!!! it was really nice from him, and let me tell ya that ,when m2m get in the stage we all were screaming hanson, hanson all the time, and some girls scramed something like "mirion you are a bitch" hehe and things like that, and the girls notice, but they just keep singing. ok so see ya soon.

 Hey everybody! I went to see Hanson here in Memphis on October 17. The concert rocked....it was definitely the hightlight of the past few months!! But anyways, I just wanted to write and tell everybody about something sweet that Zac did. When the guys sat down to do the acoustic part of the concert, I noticed Zac smiling at 2 girls on the front row that were holding up a sign. I was in the 3rd row, right behind them, so i couldn't tell what the sign said. Later in the concert tho, when they were holding up the back side of the sign which also apparently had something written on it, i noticed that the sign said " wanted: Zac's drumsticks." It was a really cute sign. Anyways, at the end of the concert, Zac jumped down into the orchestra pit, and handed his drumsticks to them and touched their hands. :) I thought that was really sweet of him. Thought you guys might like to hear that. Also, after the concert, I walked outside with my friends and noticed two little girls handing out autographed m2m pictures. They gave each of us one, which was really cool. I was just wandering if anybody else has seen them at other concerts. Maybe their m2m's little sisters or something......they were so cute! -Erin

 i think that everyone who is saying that zac is mean to his fans is worng.. My firned Jen(hey!) and I stayed at their hotel and when we saws Zac walked past our room we just opened the door and started talking to us. He told us how the tour was going and what to expect for the show taht night in NY. We talked for liek 20 minutes but then he had to go and he gave us each a hug. LAter that day we overheard Walker Hanson talking to someone about M2M..We couldn't really hear what he was saying other than that ZAc has been very preoccupied with MArion around..personally I think they should break up.~carly

Ok here is what happened. I will not be ragging on M2M because frankly I like them and they are very talented. And they were NEVER rude to the fans. And I won't exaggerate anything this is exactly what went on. It started the day before the concert. Hanson showed up at in the middle of the night at the hotel. We had already had a room there so we were pleasantly surprised to wake up to see their tour buses outside. As the day went on their were more and more fans. One group of girls sat in the lobby singing and playing guitar. Jessica Harp if you know who she is. So anyways...There were 4 other concerts going on that night one was Mystical and Coolio. so the hotel was packed with all kinds of fans and people. there were so many people that the elevators got all screwy and would go to different floors before it dropped you off on yours. So anyways....we were on our floor around 10pm the night before the concert...and we had our door open and these girls come screaming into our room..."ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO THE CONCERT??" we were all yeah...and they were like DON'T!! cause I guess cause Zac had misjudged them and thought they were going up and down the elevators when really the whole elevator system was screwy so he basically told them a snide remark. and left. 

So they were all mad. And my very dramatic sister Annalies heard about this and was like so upset because we have witnessed many times where zac goes out of his way to be rude to fans like shutting the tour bus in their faces when all they asked for was a simple autograph.. many things went on in San Fran and LA like that. So she was all "I hope he says something like that to me so I can tell him off" keep in mind these fans. Had a room next door to ours.. and Marion had one next door to them. And so we were all talking in my hotel room and we hear Zac's voice so we pop our head out the door and it's him Mackie, Marion and some other guy named Zac and they were getting ice from the machine and Zac says. "hey lets stand outside our hotel room for no reason" and when he says all of this he's not being funny sarcastic he's being rude. and that's when my sister went off.. she comes storming out of the room down the hall to Zac .. "don't you get it?? we are who make you, YOU!! yet you treat us like shit!!" we weren't even bothering you. and zac went off and said..."I'm sorry if you think you are different from the rest but the last few shows we've had people roaming the halls and frankly.. 

I find that annoying." And Annalies was all "this is our room we weren't following you...you talked to us we didn't talk to you" and he starts walking to the elevator to leave the floor and people start coming out of their hotel rooms because they were both yelling so loud. and then annalies says "some people wait their whole lives to meet you and when they do it's a disappointment because you are so mean to them." and he walks passed her and says "deal with it", and that's when she said "you are a fuc*ing ass" and he turns to her with a grin and was all "thanks ..I really appreciate that" he kinda looked hurt. But you don't even know how rude he was being...Everyone around was like YEAH! cause someone finally told him off. So then he got in the elevator and left and we were like so mad...and we were talking on the bed inside our room with our door open so the girls next door could come in and out without a key ...and we hear the elevator door open and a girl talking and then her say "shhhh" and they walk passed our room holding hands.. zAc and Marion and you can hear them whispering to each other outside of her room and then a long silence and then i heard him say good night. and on his way to the elevator he walks into our room and says "maybe I'm wrong...maybe I'm wrong" and we thought he was gonna apologize or something..and we hear Marion say "zac just go to the elevator" but he continues and says "but I don't leave my hotel door propped open." and he repeated himself we were like WHAT????? and he walks off...he thought we had our door open to spy on him and his little girlfriend..like we really care to see him make out with her in front of the door or whatever...the whole point was it wasn't about us being jealous over him and another girl...it was about him treating the fans like crap..yeah maybe there are fans that do that..but he needs to understand that..he can't go around treating all the fans like shit..that's how you lose fans not gain them. he's famous...people want to see him..talk to him so he needs to take his own advice and "deal with it" As for Ike and tay and the M2M girls..they were way nice. I was surprised how talented the girls were. I expected to hear high voices but they don't really.. they sounded great. ok that's all I'm dropping the subject now. 

There's the letter cut and pasted word for word thank you to Dawn. Another fan and I have decided we need to all get together and kick Zac's rude little ass and show him just exactly how powerful Hanson fans are! If I were him, I'd get sick of all these people too... but we all have hard times in life sooner or later and he needs to get off his damn pedestal and realize that. If it weren't for us "teenybopper" fans, he-- and his brothers, would be NOWHERE. Hanson's fans are a huge part of their success and are more dedicated then anyone else I have ever known. If Zac can't realize this, it's his fault, but I really wish he'd wake up a little and stop thinking only about his own inconveniences.

Stepping Back Into Realitay, My Concert Review!

 Hey, I Went To The Toronto Hanson Show. Thinking Back To The Months Prior To The Concert I Realize That There Was No Anticipating What Was To Come. I Mean Sure, I HAD Seen Hanson On Albertane And I Had Amazing Seats But I Also JUST Went To The Concert Itz Self. This Review Iz A Double Review. On September 27^th, My Bestest Friend Lauren Called And Told Me Hanson Was Gonna Be At MuchMusic On The 29^th. Two Days Notice. But Hey, I Woulda Went If She Called Me The Hour Before The Arrived. Her Mom Said She’d Drive Us Down IF My Dad Could Pick Us Up. So I Asked, And He Knew What It Would It Would Mean To The Both Of Us. So He Agreed. We Were Both Just Overjoyed With This Answer. Here Iz A Document Of What Went On And Also A Review Of The Concert Itz Self On September 30^th, 2000 At Massey Hall In Toronto Canada.

September 28^th, Evening: In A Matter Of HOURS, I Would Be In A Car Driving To Toronto To See Hanson At MuchMusic. I Was Always Jealous And Envious Of The Girls That Got To Go And Be That Much Closer To Hanson Then I Was. The Problem Was, I Never Had Anyone To Go With, Now I Have Laur! * God Bless Her Little Heart! J * So You Can Imagine What Sleeping Was Like For Me.

September 29^th: .I Woke Up At 6 Am With About 10 Minutes Of Sleep In Me, But I Couldn’t Be More Awake Then I Was At That Point, Even If I Had My Recommended 8 Hours. I Jumped Up And Ran Down The Stairs. I Sat On The Couch Like A 5 Year Old With ADD. I Couldn’t Sit Still For 10 Seconds. Alright, It Must Have Been Half An Hour By Now. I Looked At The Clock, 6:01am. Alright, Laur And Her Mom Wont Be Here For Another 5 Hours. I Can Manage, I Can Manage…Im Gonna Go Insane!  I Decided To Pick My Outfit Out. That Took Me About 3 Hours. I Finally Decided On A Pair Of Black Pants And My Very First Hanson Shirt That I Had Ever Gotten. Way Back In 1997. Itz A ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ Shirt And Says, ‘Hanson’ Across The Chest. It Was Then 7:00Am And I Decided To Have My Shower. I Was In There An Awful Long Time Because When I Came Out It Was 7:58, Hey If I Was Gonna Meet Hanson I Wanted To Smell Good. I Then Got Dressed And Waited To Blow Dry My Hair. I Wrapped It In A Towel And Attempted TV Again. I Managed To Sit Still Until 9:00 When Lauren Called. We Talked For A Few Minutes And I Then Decided To Blow Dry My Hair. I Was Going For The, ‘It Took Me Two Hours, But I Wanna Look Casual So It Looks Like I Rolled Outta Bed, Brushed It And Went On My Merry Way!’ Look. I Blow-Dried, And I Put Tons Of Crap In It To De-Frizz, Make It Shine, And To Make It Smell Amazing. Again, If I Was Gonna Meet Hanson, They Were Gonna Like My Hair. Finally, Itz 10:55. I’m Showered, Dried, Dressed, Made Up And Ready To Leave For Much. Laur  And He Mom Pull Up And I Jump In The Car. We Were Both WAY To Excited. She Put Our ‘Moe’ Cards In Cute Little Holders With A Red Sticker On Hers And A Blue On Mine. We Get Through To Toronto Pretty Quick * It Felt Like 5 Hours But It Was Actually Pretty Good Timing * We Were Really Confused As To What Was Going On, There Was A Line-up Of People With Wristbands And At First We Lined Up With Them But Then Opted To Leave The Line Because We Thought We Didn’t Belong In It. We Came Back To The Line And Left Again But Finally After A VERY RUDE Security Guard Asked Us If We Wanted In Or Not. We Of COURSE Said Yes And She Told Us To Get Back In Line. So We Ran. Well As It Turned Out, The ‘Wristbanders’ Were Let In First But Everyone Else In Line Was Either Brought In Until It Filled Up Or Was Sent To Where Hanson Came Out At The Window. Because We Left Our Precious Spot, We Were In The Third Row Outside. Still Good Because We Were Still So Close. We Had Met Some Girls In Line, 2 From Detroit And 3 From Somewhere Near Toronto. We Talked To Them In Line But Lost Them When Everyone Made A Mad Dash For A Good Spot Near The Window. Hanson Did An Interview About 20 Minutes Long And FINALLY Came Outside. That’s When I Lost It. Isaac, Taylor And Zac HANSON Were Right There In Front Of Us. I Couldn’t Breathe And My Stomach Knotted Up. I Was Screaming At The Top Of My Lungs For Them And Crying Because I Was So Happy. I Had My Arm Outstretched For Taylor To Touch But Some Girls In The Front Not Only Hogged Him But Pushed My Arm Several Times Before I Hit Them! * J *  Ike Stayed Basically In The Middle, Tay Stayed Mostly On ‘Our Side’ And Zac In The Back Not Really Out Of The Window But We Think He Had Good Reason. They Stayed Outside For 10-15 Minutes Before Returning In The Building And Leaving MuchMusic. Lauren And I Freaked Cause Hanson Was There And All I Could Think Of Was, ‘They Were 3D!’ We Were So Happy And Floated Around Toronto On A Cloud. Now We Had The Concert To Anticipate Even More. Despite Our Being Upset About M2M Opening Up, All We Could Think Now Was, ‘M2M Who? We Just Seen Hanson!’

September 30^th, 2000: My Mom Took Us To Toronto For The Day And Laughed At Our Excitement. It Was A Time Warp For Her. So Many People Passed Us On The Street With Hanson Shirts And Excitement About The Concert. They Were All So Nice. As We Sat At A Coffee Shop Awaiting My Dad To Drive Us, A Big Red Tour Bus Drove Past Us. We Were Sceptical At First Until We Seen The Fruit Bowl In The Window, One Unison Thought, ‘Diana!’ This Made Us WAY Too Excited For The Concert. 6:30pm, An Hour And A Half And Hanson Would Be Inside Massey Hall Getting Ready To Come Onstage While M2M Warmed Us Up. Finally, At 7:00 We Were Parking The Car Around The Corner From Massey Hall. We Exited The Car And Heard Screaming And Knew Right Away The Only Cause Would Be Hanson Themselves. We Got There As Quick As We Could. We Seen Some Lady Who Told Us Hanson Was Periodically Coming Out Of An Open Door From Backstage And Waving To They’re Adoring Fans! We Ran In And Seen A Very Cute, Very Much Loving The Attention Mackenzie Coming Out Of The Little Landing And Dancing For Us. I Took A Picture But It Didn’t Turn Out. I Also Took A Picture Of Walker Hanson When He Came Out To Get Something From The Tour Bus. I Was Very Excited To Say The Least. We Finally Went In At 7:30 And Downstairs To The Merchandise Tables. It Was Absolute Craziness Down There. People EVERYWHERE. Laur And I Got Split Up But Eventually Found Each Other. We Went To A Little Table In A Lounge Where They Started Playing ‘Middle Of Nowhere’. I Then Decided That I Wanted To Add To My Collection Of Stuff. So I Went Back For One Little 8 Dollar Poster. I Was In Line For 30 Minutes! I Met Some REALLY Nice Girls Though. One Runs ‘Hanson Hysteria’ An Amazing Website And I Promised To Go Sign Her Guest Book With My ICQ Number But I Cant Find The Site! L (If Your Reading This, Itz 27716777 And I Was The Girl Who Had The Black Hanson Hat And Black Hanson Shirt On In Line With You For Half An Hour! J) Anyhow, I Finally Get Back To Lauren And We Go In. We Weren’t Too Interested In M2M But We Heard They’re Last 2-3 Songs. We Could Barely Understand Them Because They Kinda Sound Like Chipmunks. Finally, The Teen Duo Leaves And They Start Setting Hanson’s Equipment Up. 20 Minutes Later, The Lights Go Down And Hanson Takes The Stage. It Was A Pure Addreniline Rush. We Were In The Gallery At Massey Hall And During M2M’s Set, The Whole Gallery Was Shaking With The Movement Of People And It Scared Us, That Was Until Hanson Came Out. We Didn’t Even Notice It. I’m Not Going To Go Into GREAT Detail Of The Concert Because It Was So Amazing Itz Actually Very Hard To Describe. I Remember Every Little Detail In My Head, And It Replays Like A Movie. I Remember It Like It Happened Yesterday. I Remember The Fear I Felt When Taylor Jumped On The Speaker And Then The Side Of The Balcony, The Hope I Felt Everytime Zac Looked My Way, The Overall Happiness I Felt When A Backup Guitar Player Looked Up And Seen Our Sign, The Shortness Of Breath I Felt When Zac Pulled His Hair Tie Out And Headbanged To ‘In The City’. I Also Remember Little Details Like Jessica And Avery On The Side Of The Stage Singing And Dancing Along To ‘Man From Milwaukee’, They Are Both Very Beautiful Little Girls. The Concert Came To An End After Two Hours And I Was Speechless. When We Got Outside And My Dad Found Us, He Asked How It Was. Big Mistake. Everything Hit Me All At Once. The Concert, MuchMusic And I Started To Cry. I Had Trouble Breathing And I Was Shaking Pretty Good! My Mom Insisted On Us Getting Pictures In Front Of Hansons Tour Bus Which Was Marked Off By Ropes. At First I Was Lenient Because, In My Exact Words, ‘I Don’t Want Hanson To Hate Me!’ My Mom Jus Laughed And Told Us Not To Worry About It. Lauren And I Climbed Under The Rope And My Mom Took Our Picture. The Two She Got Are Pretty Comical Because I’m Bawling My Eyes Out But Trying To Smile All At The Same Time. The Only Problem Now Was, Stepping Back Into Reality.

Post Concert: All And All, I Had An AMAZING Time! Hanson Puts On A Show That Could Wow The Worse Hanson Hater. The Way They Belt Out Those Amazing Lyrics And Play Those Instruments Like They Were Born With Them In They’re Hands, It Just Awes Me. I Can’t Wait Until They Come Back. Although The Show I See ‘On Albertane’ In 1998 Was Amazing, They Just Keep Getting Better And Better. They Outdo Themselves In Everything And THAT Iz The Star Quality In A Great Band! We Do Have Pictures And I Feel Bad Not Sharing Them But They Are Our Pictures And We’d Like To Keep Them Ours. Sorry Guys! Just Keep Your Heads Up High And You’ll Get Close Enough To Take Amazing Pictures One Day As Well, Itz Taken Me 4 And A Half Years To Get These! J  Well, Thank You For Reading My Review And I Really Hope You Liked It. Please Feel Free To Email Me With ANY Questions Or Comments On This Or The Concert Itz Self, My Email Address Iz: ZacsFavoriteGroupie@Yahoo.Com

Thanks, Kenzie

 I went to see Hanson on October 5th in Cleveland. OMG it was so amazing. I only remember bits and piece's of it because I was in such a daze. I think the first song the played was *Crosstown Traffic* and right before they played it Zac said in a Cartman voice, "this song kicks ass" , which I thought was cute. I remember when Ike played *More Than Anything* I swear I saw Ike crying. I mean I know when a person crys and I was crying myself and he wiped the tears away once. Then Walker was on stage filming and I am so mad because I saw him walk down the isle during the show to talk to a security guard and I didn't know it wsa him till he got on stage with the camera. Then Makie was in the corner of the stage talking to a sound guy and he looked so cute. We also played a little game of *Tay says* and man can that boy wave his arms. I swear he waves those things like 50 miles a minute. I was sore for dayz. He needs to lower the beef stew. During * I want you to want me * Zac messed up twice. He said I want you to want me when he shouldn't have and Ike gave him a death look while Zac just laughed, shruged and smiled. Then when he jumped off the drums he laned like 2 inches from Ike and Ike turned around a gave a look that could kill. I loved the show and it was the best thing in my life. My friends dad stayed out of the show the whole time and made friends with the M2M bus driver, A security guard, and the brown haired ones boy friend. And to those fans who worry he boyfriend is not Zac or Tay it is the guitarist. If anyone went to the show or wants to talk about Hanson e-mail me at zoe3m@hotmail.com or AIM me at emersitzh or yahoo at mmmboper_05

 Argentina Fansons!!! My name is Jimena, and I´m the vicepresident Mmmbop Argentina Hanson Fans Club. The recitals was excellent... Tay in a moment got off the scenery, but like the fans was crazy he should climb again. Then he pulled the water and Isaac the "púas" (element neccesary for to play guitar). And then Zac climbed to the drum and he enter to play upside-downd !!!!! Tay in all the recital jump, jump and jump... he can´t stop!!!!!!! He´s the real showman... If you want to know more or if you would like to be a member of Mmmbop Argentina Fans Club ypu could write to: mmmbopfansclubargentina@yahoo.com

 I Just wanted to let you know how awsome both concerts were!!! The played different songs on each one of them, and the second one was even better! the energy was incredible!!! the guys seemed to be having a blast! The atmosphere was great, safe, warm, or should i say hot! and very comfortable, i saw Diana, and Walker supervising everything, i also got filmed by him. For the ones who care: The translation wasn´t that good at the radio interview...what the guys said was that they had all been for several months in relationships and still were (i think thats great, and healthy....or normal?), and as for m2m Taylor said (i´ve to agree with him) that rumors were spread because they are atractive girls of their same age who were touring with them, and that they were just great friends. I had a blasssssssssttttt......my dream of listening to Hanson´s music live came true...thanks Guys for sharing your music with us

Hi! I'm Nath from Monterrey.
I just wanted to tell u some facts that happened in the last Hanson visit to Monterrey.
The concert was awesome, but Isaac was too serious!! he didn't smile in all the concert!! and when the sang A song to sing, he was crying! =(. Taylor was awesome! this was the first time that i saw them live and.. omg, they are so cool!
Oh! and something else! i know that what is about Zac and Marion, but i just want to tell u that they were togheter most o f the time before the concert.
Well, that's all. 
*nath*

hey! I have a review of the memphis concert at
http://www.hansonhills.com/rtta/memphis2.html and a review of the nashville
concert at http://www.hansonhills.com/rtta/nashville.html . I'd appreciate if
you could put those links up!! :o) thanks!
     *brittani*

 well i personally though hansons concert in DC kicked major butt.. M2m opened and were great !! they rocked on for about 2 hours ... and i made my way to the front to shake their hands.. i was sooo happy . Issac also threw gutair pics ! and taylor did this weird hand thing like bending down liek he was warshipping ... he wore a sexy black shirt and hott tight jeans ... he is so cute !!!! and tay played the drums while zac sang i want you to want me .. i say that was a very good concert although they all semed very tired !!! but they are hard woking men!!! well thanx ... luv stefanie pray

This is a little late but it doesn't matter cuz Hanson never get outdated!! Well, my computer just got fixed and I finally get to say my reveiw about the Portland concert on August 2,2000! It was so cool! Before the concert I was waiting in the back by the buses with my 4 other friends and we were waiting to see if the boys were going to come out but they didn't! :( Well while I was waiting I got to talk to Walker. He kept on coming in and out of the back door of the Crystal Ballroom! He is so nice I got a picture of him going into the bus! I also got pics of Diana, Jessica, Avery, Mackie, Zoe, and Mindy Greyson going in and out of the bus! Then just before the doors opened @ 6:30p.m. everybody had left the bus area but I stayed! Thank God I did cuz I got to talk to Diana for about 15 minutes! She told me all about the boys and how the act on the bus! She also said they she just came from backstage and that they were all arguing during the sound check! Finally the doors opened and we got in! It took about 1 hour until the concert actually started but it was all worth it! I touched Tay hands about 5 times when he jumped off the stage and on to the floor! When my scanner gets fixed I will scan my pics and put them up so you all can see! I also got to see Tay with no shirt on! When he went to change from his collard shirt to his black wifebeater I was by the curtain and he had a white wifebeater on under his shirt so he had to take it off and then Walker had to go get the balck one so for about 2 minutes Tay was topless! I love that pic! I don't have a pic of that cuz my cousin had my other 2 camaras and the camara that I had had already finished! Email me if you all want! HANSON 4 EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *:)

HELLO HANSON FANS!! GOOD I AM WRITING FOR TALKING ABOUT THE COMING OF HANSON TO BRAZIL AND ON THE SHOW THAT THEY DID 09 IN SÃO PAULO. THEY RAZE!!!!! ONLY LACKED FOR US BRAZILIAN A SHOW OF THEM! TAYLOR JUMPED THREE TIMES OF THE STAGE FOR GROUND, CLOSE TO THE GRATING WHERE SEPARATED THE AUDIENCE. WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU FOR IKE AND WE LOOSENED COLORED BALLOONS, AND HE THANKED IN PORTUGUESE! NEVER IN MY LIFE, NOR IN ANY HOMEVIDEO OR SHOW OF THEM IN THE TV, TO THE ENERGY ENTHUSIASM OF TAYLOR. HE SHOOK THE PUBLIC THE WHOLE SHOW, IT DIDN'T STOP. THEY PLAYED UNTIL SOME BOSSA NOVA (TYPICAL MUSIC OF BRAZIL) TO DO A HOMAGE THE FAS. HERE SOME PICTURES OF THE INTERVIEW THAT THEY GAVE ON THE 09

DO REPAIR IN THE RING IN THE FINGER OF TAYLOR. WILL IT BE THAT IS OF COMMITMENT??
 

now, the show

Hey! Here are pics of me and Zac from Tampa, Florida on August 24! Aren't we cute? LOL

I wrote a review of the Milwaukee concert. http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/foreverfree/ is the site it's at. I'm slowly scanning my pictures and there should be some up there soon! You can add it if you want, or not. Thanks! {Melinda}

My name is Stephanie and I am from Phoenix AZ, i went to the Hanson concert on October 29th at the AZ state fair. I invited a few friends to come with me. We asked everyone to get backstage, but of course, the typical outcome was "No Im sorry".. The backstage area to meet Hanson was held outside in back of the coliseum. There were a variety of girls back stage. I noticed this because there was an area where you could walk by and see them, but the security guards would rush you by. Nobody seemed to be there... so my friends and I just walked casually by. We tried to catch a quick glimpse of them, but we did not see them. Finally as we kept walking discouraged because we did not catch sight or them, my friend stopped me while she tied her shoe. As we discussed the rumors or them having girlfriends my friend Stephie jumped in saying, "Well what do you know!! its Taylor" I looked over, and just a few feet away... out of NOWHERE, came Taylor and his girlfriend walking holding hands together. It was so random, I mean NO SECURITY guards anywhere!!! just them walking together alone. We were literally in SHOCK! She had brown kind of wavy frizzy hair down past the middle of her back.. I couldn't really tell much of what her face looked like. But all I know is that Taylor DOES in deed have a girlfriend but I am positive it is not the girl from M2M. I just thought I would send that information. Thanks so much!! MMMBOP! - Stephie

Hi, I went to the St. Louis, MO. show Oct. 20  and it was so awesome! Here is the site that my review is at http://www.geocities.com/hanson1579/oct20.html there are also a few pictures on it too, but please do not take them! Kim

 I went to a Hanson Concert in Chicago OMG was is so awesome they are so good their music was incredible the way Taylor sings heart melting the way Ike plays that guitar is so awesome and the way Zac plays the drums and head bangs is so kewl. They kept on teasing us with songs they went out and said that the show was over then they came back out and sang more songs GOD WERE THEY SO HOTT Taylor if you read this email me at Christinaluvstaylor4ever@hansonhouse.com MUAH!!! Well anyways the new songs they were singing like SMILE was soooo good because ah cant describe it was just awesome my grandma and my mom love hanson to i got pics of the concert but they arent so good a little word of advice DONT USE THE DISPOSABLE CAMERAS they are to blurry and not good but at least i still can see them.Hanson did so great it was heart melting when they left i cried my eyes out but i went on the side of the buliding where their bus was parked but i didnt see them because we had to hurry and take the train but i did see there huge truck where they put their eqiuptment in wooohoooo but my grandma spoiled me with Hanson she bought me all that i wanted there it was awesome. I think people there should remember me I was the one with the blue hair the only one with the blue hair everyone was looking at me weird but i dont care I was just showing my love for Hanson thats all. Oh yeah Taylor and Zac looked at me Taylor smiled and me and so did Zac but Ike didnt i dont think but I LOVE HANSON ive been a fan ever since they have been out. Taylor you can also email me at xxKillaQueenxx@aol.com or killaprincess420@aol.com thanks hehe I would try to understand if you dont answer well thanks for putting on a great show you guys I LOVE YOU GUYS FOREVER!!!MUAH!!! LOVE CHRISTINA

Dreams Do Come True By Ashlee Willard, New York 
Gazing at the computer screen, I carefully re-read the words in front of me, and momentarily I knew them by heart. Just last week I remembered thinking about how incredible it would be if Hanson actually came to Toronto. I'd dreamed of it countless times, and looking at the words once more, I realized my dream could now become reality. In considerably large font, the red lettering read Hanson; Coming to Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, September 30th 2000. I could feel the excitement flood every pore; I almost bubbled over with delight. My mind was drained of all previous thoughts as it became saturated with images of the Hanson's. Hanson means so much to me; they helped me finalize my college plans and they rejuvenated my faith in modern music. They were the key that unlocked a part of me I never knew existed; a part of my mind covered in cobwebs, from a lifetime of stagnancy. The Hanson's are my musical idols, they are everything, musically, I long to be. They're teenagers, doing what they love to do, and they are getting paid for it. They show that hard work and a little bit of persistency can get you anywhere in life, you just have to want it with all of your heart. Three tickets arrived on Tuesday September 5th. Trembling, I opened the gray envelope, and spilled the contents onto the carpet. Three blue, red and yellow tickets emerged. Reaching down to pick them up, tears of happiness streamed down my cheeks. I was paralyzed with excitement; after three years of being a loyal fan I was finally going to get to see them in concert. The haze from the excitement remained with me until the concert, and some still lives with me even now. The day was September 30th 2000. I was up and about by 9am; I was too excited to sleep. The time between 9am and 2pm seemed to last forever, each minute was an hour and every hour was a day. 2pm couldn't have come any sooner, but it was finally here, and I was more than just excited I was manic. Kim arrived at my house; in record time I dressed and we were off. I had my Hanson Cd's, just in case I was lucky enough to meet them, my jacket, binoculars, and my camera. Chances were that they wouldn't let me in the theatre with my bag, but you'll never know how far you can go, unless you challenge the boundaries. The three-hour car ride up there was even longer then the previous part of the day had been. But all in all we arrived at Massey Hall around 4:30; show time was in 3 ½ hours! We successfully parked, and we made our way to the theatre. There were a lot of people there already. The first things I noticed were the tour buses. There were two. The first was silver and red, while the second was silver and blue. The realization hit me; I was at a Hanson concert. The Hanson's had already entered Massey Hall, so I walked around the outside of the theatre. Just as I was rounding the corner two more tour buses showed up. They were the same as the first: one red and the other blue. They pulled up right in front of me and stopped. My heart pounded. The big hydraulic doors opened and out walked Marion and Marit of M2M; Hanson's warm-up band. While everyone was crowding around the two Norwegian girls, the second bus opened and Hanson's back-up members slipped through the back stage doors. At this point I knew nothing else was going to happen; everyone was already in the concert hall. So my parents, my sister: Lindsee, Kim and I decided to go look around. By this time it was about 5:30pm and we still had 2 ½ hours to kill before the show. We walked around the block and chose to look in the Eaton Center (a really big mall). The five floors of shop choices amazed us! We eventually found our way out of the mall, and we headed to Tim Horton's. We were all tired and we knew it was going to be a long night, so we ordered five cups of artificial energy, and we were off. Next stop: Burger King. We were starved. I was too nervous to eat much, but I did manage to eat some fries before we proceeded back to Massey Hall. It was 6:30 when we crossed the street to Massey Hall. Immediately upon arriving we could hear the shrieks of girls from behind the theatre. We raced back to see the Hanson's father walking down the sidewalk, video taping fans as he went. But again we heard the screams, and we knew we weren 't in the right spot. So we went all the way around to the back of the building to see the Hanson's little brother, Mac, dancing for the fans on the balcony! He was so cute! We decided to stay back there until the concert. The crowd of girls we were standing in began singing MMMBop, in attempt to get one of the guys to come out on the balcony. Someone, whom the fans were convinced was Zac, was waving a Kermit the Frog doll out the window; teasing the fans, and causing them to scream. Finally some one came out on the balcony. It was a boy in a hat, and I looked at him for a minute trying to figure out who it was, and just as he turned around I noticed his tail. It was Zac Hanson, and of course, I didn't get the picture because I didn't recognize him in a hat! Just as soon as he came out he was gone, and we fans were left, once again, to chanting their name. A bit later Isaac came out. Just as he opened the door someone threw something at him, breaking the window. After taking inventory on the window Ike began video taping the crowd. He seemed so friendly, and with a span of the audience and a huge wave, Ike left us until the concert. We had seen Mr. Hanson, Mac, Zac, and Ike. The only one missing was, the heartthrob, Taylor. Fans chanted his name for what seemed like eternity, with no luck. It was now 7:15. The show started at 8pm, but the doors were opening at 7:20pm. It was getting dark, and I was getting cold, so we decided to go into the theatre and get our seats. Just as we rounded the corner for the main doors, a shriek of volume erupted from behind the hall. It was Taylor, he had finally come out, and I missed him. Oh-well you can't always have your cake and eat it too. I was content with just being there. We reached the front doors just as they were opening. I bought a tour guide and got in line. Surprisingly they didn't search our bags; and we were finally in. We ran up the steps to the balcony. We assumed that balcony seats would be equivalent to "nose-bleeds", but when we were ushered to our seats, we soon saw that we had some of the best seats in the house. Being a small theatre, any seat was pretty good, but we were front, center balcony; the only better seat would have been front, center, ground floor. We knew then that this was going to be an awesome concert! Quickly we headed to the bathrooms, then sprinted right back up to the balcony to buy our concert paraphernalia before the show started. We settled into our seats; camera's ready, and waited for the warm-up band. The show started promptly at 8pm. Marion and Marit of M2M came on stage and played a set of five songs. I'll admit, I didn't really think I liked M2M, but they were pretty good, and I've actually considered getting their new album! Their set lasted about thirty minutes. The Hanson's crewmembers came on stage to set up. It took them about a half and hour to set up. We were all so anxious! The carpets were laid and every piece of musical equipment available was set up on stage. Suddenly the room went black, and the hearts of everyone there nearly burst; as the volume rose to a level I never imagined possible from a crowd of teenagers. It took my ears a few seconds to adjust to the painful volume. My attention was quickly drawn off my ears when the light flashed on and out came the three most talented and beautiful boys I've ever seen . Hanson! Somehow the volume rose again, and I thought my eardrums would pop. The guys looked phenomenal . as always! Taylor took his place at the keyboards wearing a light blue button down shirt, black dress pants, a silver studded belt, and brown suede shoes. I favored what Ike was wearing: a faded jean jacket, an olive knit shirt that laced at the chest, tan leather pants and brown suede shoes; he looked like he should have been onstage with the beetles. He picked a guitar off the rack on twenty or so and settled in behind the mic. Lastly, but certainly not least, was Zac. He came out looking like the Zac we all know and love; an orange-red T-shirt with the Untied Stated written on it, tan utility pants and a skater belt, his hair, of course was pulled back into a tail. He waved and quickly walked over and climbed on the drum riser, ready to perform. They opened up with a killer version of Look at You off their debt album; the crowd was hooked. During the first song there were some minor difficulties with Zac's drums, and there were three men crawling around the drum riser adjusting this and fixing that. Zac found this funny, and continued playing with a big grim on his face. The first set consisted of: Runaway Run, River, Wish That I Was There, Love Song, Thinking of You, and Can't Stop. There was a brief five-minute break and they came back on stage for an acoustic set; this time Taylor had stripped of the blue shirt and was wearing a black wife-beater. Some fans almost suffered from cardiac arrest. Ike had shed his jacket as well. The acoustic set featured the song Lucy; a solo by Zac, which was amazing, the crowd loved it. There were five songs on this set: Sure About It, A Song to Sing, Lucy, Money (that's what I want), and More than Anything. After the last song Ike quickly got up and whispered something to Tay; Ike wanted to perform a solo song he had written for a "very special girl". Taylor and Zac left the stage as Ike performed one of the most beautiful songs ever written. This song is called Beautiful Eyes and every girl there would have died to have that song sung to her. The crowd was jumping and everyone was having a great time. Taylor and Ike were very interactive with the crowd; and as accustom Taylor did his version of Simon says on stage; "I do this, and then you do the same". The only people who weren't jumping and swaying were the fans that actually couldn't, because of a handicap. But even they managed to have a wonderful time. Again there was a short break and they came out for the final set: Minute With Out You, I Don't Know, Dyin' to be Alive, If Only, Hand in Hand, Speechless, This Time Around, MMMBop, and In the City. They did a tribute to their backup members during Speechless, and each member performed a solo; the keyboardist played O' Canada and the crowd went wild! During In the City Zac let his hair down, and he was head banging behind the drums, everyone was having a great time. At the same time Taylor jumped out from behind the keyboards and preceded to climb up on the balcony rail, he jumped down on the speakers, jumped on the stage, fell and rolled his way over to his mic. It was the highlight of the show. They all stepped out from behind their instruments, waved and left. Hanson fans know that there is always an encore. A little bit of chanting was all the coaxing they needed. They came back out to perform Man from Milwaukee, and an a capela version of This Time Around. They sounded awesome! I couldn't believe it was finally over, but they grabbed hands and bowed to the audience, waved, and they were gone. The lights in the theatre came on and it was over. My dream had come true. We met my parents outside the theatre, and we headed home. None of us could hear for the next couple days, but I didn't care, it was well worth it. I can't wait until the next show, I'll be there, even if they are back row nose bleeds!

Hi!  I just finished my site about the Toronto Hanson concert I attended on the 30th of September.  It has my
reviews and front row pix up so if you could post this in your 'Latest News' section it would be MOSTLY
appreciated. http://surf.to/picture-feeling-face Yhanks!!!, Anne :o)

 PALACE THEATER- SEPTEMBER 26,2000 Hanson-just some group of boys or a life line to many girls? I will choose the later choice. To me Hanson has been a constant life line when the goings got tuff. So when we heard that Hanson was going on tour, me and my sister checked everyday on ticket master to see if they had tickets- and finally we bought they were. We were lucky enough to have got the 8th row tickets. DAY OF THE CONCERT- Me and my sister woke up on September 26,2000 feeling as though it would be the best day of our lives. Our local radio station was giving away Hanson tickets and back stage passes. They told fans to call in and they would except the first 4 calls, and I was number one!!!!!!!! All I had to do was throw something in the toilet and make a loud splash- the loudest of the 4 girls- and the back stage tickets were mine!!!!! We agreed that I would use a full 2 liter of diet coke. Unfortunately, the phone wouldn't reach into the bathroom enough for the splash to be heard, so we had to settle for 8th row tickets. AT THE CONCERT----------- When we arrived to the concert our hearts were pounding rapidly, not knowing what to expect. We walked into the theater and took our seats in the 8th row, but only for about half a second before we snuck into the first row. We were surprised to see M2M opening for them, since we didn't know who would do this. After a while we got sent back to our row and finally Hanson came out. I can only remember a few things from that night, I guess that I was on too much of a natural high to remember details. I know that this was the best night of my life. They really jammed that night, making my life seem like nothing could ever compare to that night. After a few songs, Zac sang the song that I had been anticipating. "I WISH THAT I WAS THERE" rolled off of his tongue, reminding me of that of a angels voice, singing merely. Tears rolled down my face as I stood up on my chair, swaying my arms to the song. Before long the song was over, but the concert went on, as lovely as it could have possibly been. Finally, after torturing the poor guard until he let us up to the front, me and Jessi ran up to the front row, jumping over 2 sets of chairs. Zac, the love of my life, got up and began singing " I WANT YOU TO WANT ME" He couldn't have been more precious. He was standing in front of me, touching hands. I waved and shouted, but he didn't take notice, but I wasn't discouraged. When he was right in front of me I blew him a kiss and he smiled directly at me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy. Finally, Zac, Taylor, and Isaac touched hands and left. Before they did, Isaac touched my hand. I was so incredibly happy. This was the best concert that I have ever been to. I will never ever forget it, nor will I ever fall out of love with Zac. Thanks for letting me share my day with you. Love ya forever, Heather Winn

 Hello...I have a little news on the girlfriend issue. Okay I'm from California and I friend of mine went to the oklahoma city concert, and apparently the fans were cussing at Tay and Isaac's girlfriends and they were yelling obsence things back. If i had heard this from someone i didnt know i would think it was just a rumour that a stupid fan started but since i heard it from a friend who witnessed it i believe it. Thank you, Jana

 Hey...before I start...my email is six_monthtaychic@yahoo.com if anyone wants to email me. Ok, My sister and I went to the Sea World concert and had a blast. At first we got there at like 3 so we thought we would have pretty bad seats. So we were listening to Hanson practice behind the gates and I caught a glimpse of Tay. Anyway, so then Diana, Jessica, Avery, Mackie, Zoe and Mindy all came out and we started following them to take a picture and I noticed that they were touching the dolphins...so we decided to go over there with them. So we were just standing there with them and we said Hi to Diana and shook her hand then decided to go talk to Jessica, who was kinda standing away from her mom and sisters and brother. So I walked up to her and said "hi i'm Julia" and put out my hand...then she said "hi I"m Jessica" and we shook hands. So we were just sitting there talking to Jessica for about 30 minutes about all kinds of stuff and some girls would come up and start asking her crazy questions and she just ignored them and was like asking me and my sister where we were from and stuff like that. Anyway, so they left and went somewhere and I spotted my mom over by the line to get fish to feed the dolphins and right by her there they were again. So my mom went over there and met Diana and we stood in line to get some fish too. Well, Zoe started running away from Diana (it was soooo cute!) and so Diana went to get Zoe and Mackie a stroller to sit in. So Avery stayed in line (right in front of us) and we talked to her for like 45 minutes cause it took FOREVER in the line. I probably wouldn't have stayed there if Avery wasn't there. Then Mindy (Ashley Greyson's new wife) came over there and was talking to us and Avery told us that she had just gotten married to Ashley and I told her congrats and she showed me her ring and stuff. Then we finally got the fish after talking about all kinds of stuff (avery is soooo much like Zac and I accidently hit her in the ear!!! ahhhh lol!). Well, then we went to feed the dolphins and Avery and Mackie couldn't reach them so they came over there where me and my sis were and Avery was leaning on my shoulder with her arm trying to pet the dolphins while i was feeding it. Then she tried laying on the wall like i was, but she said it burned, so she got back up and leaned on me again. Mackie was sooooo cute! He was telling us how he played put put golf with one of his friends and beat him lol! The way we started that subject was that we were standing in line and Mackie was playing with this little toy of Homer simpson and water like squirted out of his tooth and some fan had given it to him and mackie said "this looks like a golf club...when I play golf I go boooooooom" and motioned that he was hitting a golf ball! He was soooo cute!!! Anyway...so they had to leave after we fed the dolphins and so me and my sis went to stand in line. Well, we got soooooo thursty cause it was EXTREMELY hot and so we went to get something to drink. Anyway, they finally called our number and so we ran in there...and let me tell you...some of those parents are SOOOO mean! If any of you went to the Sea World San Antonio concert...you'll know what I'm talking about! Anyway...after a lot of fights and security...they finally started the concert and it was great! At first I was in the back of the people standing up, but me and my sis got separated and so I had to get up there cause she had the camera and I had the film! So I pushed my way to the front and it was sooo cool! They sang like 22 songs in all I think...Taylor threw his towel into the crowd and i caught it, but all of these girls jumped on me and started pulling it, so i got knocked down and i was on top of someone screaming at me and i told her that i was very sorry and I was trying to get up. Then I finally got up and moved away from that because they were crazy! (some girl scratched me on my hand!) Then Zac, Tay and Ike were all throwing stuff like water into the audience and I got squirted twice by Zac, once by Tay and once by Ike. Then this chic started throwing water on Ike and he got sooooo mad! He gave her the most evil look and shook his head at her with a frown like telling her not to throw it anymore! (I don't blame him...he could easily be electricuted.) Then they sang some slow songs and Lucy and on Zac's drumset there was a little peanuts character Lucy doll! It was soooo cute! They did all of the bowing stuff at our concert too to the backup players and stuff and they were all climbing on the sides of the stage like monkeys or something lol. CLOTHING Tay was at first wearing a tie-dyed blue button up shirt...then he took it off and had a white wife-beater on and he looked soooo good! He had brown pants I think and some boots. Ike had at first a baby blue button up shirt and then took it off and had a olive green shirt with some stuff on it (i don't really remember...but at the end he waved to everyone and his underarms were all sweaty ewwww hehe!) I don't remember what pants he was wearing or shoes...but i have pics...but i'm too lazy to find them hehe! Zac had a navy blue shirt with orange letters saying JB (James Brown) and an orange pic of James Brown on his shirt. He had army like flood pants and it had silver chains on the sides. I'm not sure about the shoes. Ike threw picks at the end of the concert and my sis almost caught one. Then Ike jumped down inbetween the walkway thingy and my sis grabbed both of his hands and said "ahhhh Isaac!" and he had this huge goofy grin on his face...then all of the girls started grabbing his arms so he pulled away. I think some girl threw a thong up to Zac while they were singing a slow song and he looked at it and looked back at the crowd and gave this crazy look lol! Zac also said Happy Birthday to Monica (she probably had a sign up or something...I didn't see it). He said Happy sweet 16! And they also (Tay and Zac) said they were going to stop if everyone didn't back up a little cause the people in front (me and my sis) were all getting squished! Well, that's about it and I had a great time and everyone else that went...I hope you had a great time too and I can't wait to go to another HANSON concert! Peace out chicas and chicos!!! Julia

 Hanson "This Time Around Tour" at the Ryman on Oct. 18, 2000 Ok, bear with me, cuz I've never written a review for any of the concerts I've been to so I'm not sure how I'm gunna go about this yet. :) Me, and Adrienne (my friend) checked out of school at like 12:45 to leave, but we left Huntsville (thats in AL) around 1:20 cuz of last minute details and all that. We made a few stops and all but i won't go into that cuz i know no one cares ;). My dad was the one who took us, and he's the awesomest guy in the world so we already knew it was gunna be great when he tried to sing along with us in the truck (lol). We got to the Ryman at around 3:30-45, and the place was gorgeous. It used to be a church, so it had all the old stuff (um... yeah, i really don't know what to call it, but it looked like an old church). Me and Adrienne walked around cuz we only saw the blue buses out front and we went to the back. The people were split into two different groups, one closer to the bus and one closer to the door that they would go in, we were by the door, with the quieter fans. We saw the whole family run back and forth between the buses alot, especially Mac, he is SO cute! He stands like Zac with his butt sorta sticking out. Hanson finally arrived in a car and they drove up to right where our group was so everyone was taking pictures and I was like OH MY GOSH THEY'RE REAL (i didn't say that tho)eventually they took the caution tape down and let the fans form a line leaving a place for people to walk through. If anyone saw me, I was the one sitting on the ground in front of the stairs to the door saying wassup to everyone that passed. One time Zac poked his head out the door and being that you had to climb stairs to get to the door, you could only see him from the ground. So I was the only one to see him, I waived and he waived back and my legs went numb (LOL). They came out to go eat seperately and for the most part we were ok, until Isaac came out and lingered a bit so people could take pictures, he shook hands (like mine!) and our part of the group was okay, but the group by the buses mobbed him, that pissed all of us off and then the security put us behind caution tape again (shout out to Owen, the awesome old security guy). We did notice that Zac was kinda walking around alot with the brown-haired girl, i dunno if sumn was up or it was a friend thing, but we just noticed. Hanson came on, without much of an introduction and began witheaded girl from M2M, and almost left with her to go eat, but then didn't. I dunno if thats a friend thing or what, just sumn we noticed. After awhile they all went back inside yeah, yeah, and me, and adrienne found our friends who had 7th row and went and bought merchandise. I'll go ahead a skip to the start of the concert. M2M played, but I'm not really into that type of music, none of our group really got into it. They have a really HOTT bassist and percussionist. We talked to the percussionist outside and i accidently told the bassist he was hott (lol, i felt so stupid). While waiting for Hanson, our group enjoyed singing along with counting crows (yay). Hanson came out without much of an introduction and started Look At You. I'm not gunna list all the songs they played cuz you can find that anywhere but I'll mention what I liked about some of em. They did play alot of their unrealed songs (Smile, Lonely Again, etc) and they all sounded SO wonderful, I was really impressed. It was funny cuz Taylor goes "Well we can't spend a minute without you" and looks at Isaac who shook his head and Zac said "We you better Smile cuz we introduced the wrond song." It was soo cute. They are so much better looking in person, like their hott in pictures, but you get the 3D effect in person. Zac did some headbanging, Taylor did "Taylor Says" and was all over the stage for some songs. We bowed down to Scott Hogan. Isaac went down on his knees. It was awesome. The only bad thing was security, they were needle butts I swear. like you stepped out into the aisle and the woman bit your head off and they kept checking tickets of those who moved closer (which coulda been bad cuz we were spose to be in the balcony but we have our ways of getting past things like that *I'm a punk rawker at heart, I've learned all the secrets*). They "ended" the show and the security left so me and Julie jumped over one of the pews and went up right by the stage for the encore (you have to understand, the ryman has pews and the first row was like folding chairs, it wasn't ready for Hanson). They came out and sang I Want You To Want Me (which i freaked out about cuz thats mine and Adrienne's absolute favorite song, we went and saw Cheap Trick at the Jam in Huntsville). Zac did a swung his arms around like he was playing the guitar and shook his bootie (hehe, his ghetto booty...). I grabbed Zac's hand as he was putting it out, and I think i might have scratched him cuz I have (natural) long nails, and I felt really bad about it. Taylor came over, I grabbed his leg cuz his arm was full and he almost got pulled into the crowd, then i grabbed his arm. Isaac came by and just tipped the fans hands, so i just barely touched him that time. They bowed and that was it, no TTA accapella, which sorta sucked. We tried to get Tay's water bottle, cup, and/or setlist but they wouldn't give it to anyone. Romeo was like, man i can't. We didn't stay around for them going to the bus cuz we had a 2 hour drive home and school the next day, and we still had to get dinner, so we spared my dad and we just left. Overall it was amazing, they are so awesome, and i totally recommend seeing them live, even if your not a huge fan, its worth it. For those of you who are wondering, Taylor had blue pants, a sports jacket (sumn like that), and a little balck t-shirt underneath (anyone that went to an Albertane concert than you know what im talkin about). Zac had on jeans and a vintage shirt. Isaac had on striped pants and a shirt with some kind of print and a white wife beater. If you saw me, I was wearing a red vintage Elvis shirt (it was my uncle's when he was a teen) and my hair was in a ponytail and it's long and straight. If you saw (or met) me, e-mail me, and if anyone wants to show me some pictures i wanna see them, I'll scan mine when I get them back. Later :) -Holly

 Hi there I just saw Hanson in Norman Oct 23rd. They sang for 2 and half hours. I was in the second row and when they hit the stage everyone went to the stage. Everyone was stading on chairs and I had a awesome view of all the guys. Tay wore a black shirt sleeveless shirt and black pants, Zac wore jeans and a black shirt. Ike wore a kacki pants and a demin shirt. Then after the concert I went back to my place and people stole my stuff I was so mad. So if you all go to a concert make sure you keep all your stuff by your side. I am selling pcitures of hanson I took 7 rolls. I still have to develop them if anyone wants some after I develop them e-mail me at Chraligar@aol.com I don't know the cost yet either. Thanks Christin Please post this under hanson news thanks so much :-)

 I attended the concert in Kansas City, Missouri. I don't have any words strong enough to describe it other than...wow. I didn't have first row seats, I didn't get to see hanson as they were getting on or off their tourbus, and I didn't get to go to the meet and greet, but I got to listen to three of the most talented, and most selfless guys sing their souls out like there was no tomorrow. Let me say, I've experienced nothing in comparison. M2M opened, then Hanson came out. The noise in the theatre was incredible. I'm not much of a screamer...or even a talker at that, but at this show, I became hoarse. They sang every song from TTA, Bridges of Stone (I had been listening to this as a download from napster for months...powerful song.), and covered "A Piece Of My Heart" by Janice Joplin. At the end Zac came out and sang "I Want You To Want Me." As he sang that, newly 15 that very night, I could have died happy right then and there. Euphoria? Maybe. Taylor in leather pants? Most certainly. I had the time of my life, and thank God that it was made possible.

 Hi im Brandy and i have a wonderful concert story! Oct.20th i went to see em at the Pageant Theater in St Louis, Missouri. It rocked! First, me and my friend Kimberly (that i met in line) went over to see there tour bus. We saw their lil' bro Mackie and Jessica. She has really long blond hair! Mackie looks like Zac and Ike put together. There wuz bout 20 girls by the bus. We started singing songs to get them to cum off their bus. We sang bout 10 songs. Then it wuz time to go in. This place is REALLY small but hey the smaller the better. I ended up bein the 6th person back! Heres somethin funny and kinda cool,During a song i can't remember which one, it got towards the end of that song and then all a sudden it stopped. Me and bout' 4 or 5 other girls were still jumpin up and down. Pretty funny. Zac looked at me and just smiled such a cutie.Alot of times during a song whenever they said u i would jump up as high as i could pointin to Zac and he would smile at me. They sang all the songs off of T T A, andLook at You , Where's The Love , I want You To Want Me,MMMBop, Lucy and bout 4 or 5 others i diidn't know b/c i couln't tell what they were singin.It wuz good though. They sang the chorus of This Time Around acepella in the center of the stage. IO smiled at Zac and he smiled back. (soo cute). Somehow i pushed my way up to about 3/4 person to the front cuz everyone wuz pushin to touch their hands i wuz about ________________________ that close to gettin Zac's hand (awwwe nuts) O well, it rocked. I got smiled at alot by Zac.O well better than a hand shake i guess. Brandy If u want n e more info my address is bsw_182@hotmail.com

 I went to the Kansas City concert on Oct. 22. It was really a lot of fun, the guys did a great job and put a lot of energy into it. I'll try not to get to incredibly detailed, but this is how it went: Me and my 2 best friends (Emily and Melinda) got to Midland Theatre and looked for our friend for our backstage passes (Note: we know an "insider" lol, that's how we got them). We found him and waited for about an hour to get in. Me, Em and Mel finally got in and waited for a little longer until they let us backstage w/ a bunch of other girls. I saw Jessica in this room behind us along w/ Mackie. He was just hanging out w/ his sunglasses on..ya know, trying to look inconspicuous lol. We also saw the guy who gave us the passes hanging out w/ another guy we knew. We waved and thanked them both for the passes. When we finally got in to take a pic w/ them, we handed Zac a buttload of stuff in this bag since it was his Birthday and all. He immediately spotted a cowboy hat that we got him and yelled, "Cool!" He put it on for the picture. The funny thing was though that it was kind of small and it wouldn't fit on his head all the way.lol so, we talked for a lil bit and headed out. M2M started out around 7:30. I've never really liked their music much at all and last night wasn't really an exception. (But, I have nothing against them, they're probably really nice people.) Then, after not having to wait too long, Hanson took the stage. The screaming was of course extremely loud and these are the songs they did (Not all of these are in order, but most are): You never know, Where's the love, Can't stop, Runaway Run, Wish that i was there, Song to sing, Lucy, Smile, Save Me, Look @ you, Love Song, Dyin to be alive, Sure about it, Bridges of stone, Speechless, Hand in hand, Piece of my heart, Lonely Again, If only, MmmBop, In the City, and I want you to want me. At the end, Taylor came over to Zac and said something about a friend of his having a birthday or something like that, i couldn't really hear well, but he came over and gave zac a little high-five handshake thingy and we all started to sing happy birthday to zac. (he was singin along too lol, he goes,"Happy birthday to MEEE!") Anywayz, here are some things that I've noticed: *Before and after the concert, they played "Still Rainin" by Jonny Lang over and over and over, lol plus some Counting Crows. *Ike must've known someone in the crowd b/c he looked over, smiled and waved. *Ike kept switching guitars. Must've had some "technical difficulties"lol *When all these fans outside overheard and found out where we got our passes from, they started really bugging the guy that gave them to us. One person even acted like she was going to rip it off my friend's shirt. Do people a favor guys, don't be like that. It made our friend feel bad b/c he didn't have anymore to give out plus, it was just rude to come up to people you don't even know and try to get passes out of them or steal ours. If you see someone doing that, speak up and tell them to leave that person alone. * During, "I want you to want me" i noticed that zac was very expressive w/ his facial expressions and his arm movements. He saw me and my friend pointing to him during the "I want you" part and smiled at us. It was cute. Overall, the concert was a lot of fun, they all put in tons of work and effort into it to make it entertaining for all the fans. I only hope they do better from here on out. -Emily em_470@yahoo.com

 Hi here is my review of the Hanson Concert at the Pageant Theater in ST.Louis! First of all it was a small theater that seated only 1500 very small! I had a balcony seat. I could see the stage very clearly! They had a door to the side in back of the controls.People were coming in and out. Then they left it open and I could see Isaac sitting down by the door! I think Taylor might have looked out but he did it so fast I couldn't tell. Well we waited for the show to start, then the fire alarm went off for a little bit, but their was no fire luckily! The crowd went yeah when the sound alarm went off. Then I waited till the first show M2M to come on. The crowd was chanting Hanson Hanson Hanson! M2M I didn't think was very good. They didn't play very long. THen it was time for Hanson! Yeah! Well the whole place screamed when they came out, and they played their first song Look At You. I stayed in my seat for a few songs, untill they played Lucy, then I went down. I had made them T shirst that said, Hanson Tour 2000 with a Hanson airplane carrying Tour 2000 then underthat was Isaac This Taylor Time Zac Around under that I put their song list with their each of their names on the side of their Hanson logo! On the back I put their instruments with their names beside them and underneath with a moon Music For The World, then a star, and underneath For The is a Sun! When I got down to the admission area, I thought I'm not going in the middle of all that, so I went on the left side to where the speaker was, and I had front row! I was surprised they let us stay there the whole time! The concert definetly rocked the house! It was a dream that I was that close! Then I tossed my white shirts up one at a time, and Zac saw me and gave me this smile like saying thanks for the shirts! That was so cool! Anyway, You know how Taylor goes and slaps peoples hands for a mintute in the front, well he came to my side the left side, so I quickly got over there, I said Taylor, he saw me with my red sweatshrit on, and (I had my lucky angel ne cklace on) and what it said the same as the T shirts I made for them! He held my right hand for a second! I was in AWE! I was like, I'm never washing this hand again! They played all their cool songs, they did a excellent job on I Wish That I Was There, and a Song To Sing! Their was one funny part I saw, some one threw a bra at Zacs smaller drumset, and he smiled and took it out with his drumstick! To Funny. They really got the crowd going with In The City when Taylor said ok everybody JUMP JUMP JUMP! When they inturduce the two band members, Taylor got us throwing our hands forward to honor them! The whole place did that! It looked way cool of course he had us swaying. In one song he let the audience take part in singing one of the songs, I can't remember which one that was, but it was awesome! Taylor has so much energy! They played Speechless, In The City, This Time Around,Save Me,Smile,If Only,Acapella This Time Around,I Want You To Want Me, and their regular set list, I wish I can remember all the songs! If anyone has that set list from the St.Louis Show e mail me NanGarlan@AOL.com Well it was a great night I'll never forget! I would go to see them there again!Well thanks for reading my reveiw it was a Memorable night! Nan NanGarlan@AOL.com

My review of the Sea World Show...and all of Hanson's career! I have been a Hanson fan ever since "Middle of Nowhere" came out in the summer of 97. I have always had a respect for musicians who write, sing, and perform their own music, so naturally, I was drawn to Hanson. I remember that when I first heard their music it was right before they were coming to play at a mall near my house. They were doing a free concert, but it was on a Tuesday morning, so my parents wouldn't let me miss school. I remember that after school, I turned on the news, and saw all these girls freaking out and saying how hot they were, and I remember thinking, "Really, their hot?" because I had never seen their pictures before. So I found a picture of them in a mag, and I thought, "Wow, they are 3 handsome, talented and amazing people!" And as I became more attached to their music, the more I regretted not being able to go to their concert at Grapevine Mills Mall. I should also mention my two best friends. Me, Mere and Natalie had known each other our entire lives [they are sisters] and I remember that we weren't really close until the Superbowl of 98. I said to then, "Do you guys by any chance like Hanson?", and the result was amazing! They said that they LOVED them, and that was when we were brought together. We had always been friends, but Hanson made us best friends...so, Ike, tay, Zac, if you are reading this, THANK YOU! But back to my story. Mere and Nat were my ONLY friends who liked Hanson as much as I did. I have a respect for them that I don't have for all the boy bands. I love *N'SYNC and BSB, but i don't respect them. Later that year, Hanson went on the Albertane Tour. The tour brought them to Dallas, and I was thrilled at the fact that I might be able to go, but I knew that if I went with out Mere and Nat, that it just wouldn't be the same, and of coarse, they couldn't come. I cried for a million years. I was so sad. Then a few years later, the Album "This Time Around" came out. When I first listened to it, I cried the whole time, because I had never heard any songs as amazing as these. Every line has a meaning! My FAVE song in the whole world is "Sure About It". That song it AMAZING!!!! SO this time, Me and Mere and Nat promised that we WOULD go to their concert this time! NOTHING could stop us! So Mere went to www.hansonhouse.com and found that Hanson would be doing a concert at Sea World on Aug 12, and that was the only day we could make it. So Mere started calling them, and WE GOT OUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY EVEN WENT ON SALE!! And since Sea World didn't advertise for the concert, we were hoping that not too many people would be there...we were wrong. And we didn't know that the order in which you go to Sea World determined how close you would be during the concert. We got there at 10 am, people started getting there at 4 am, so we got ticket numbers 719, 720, and 721!!! So, anyway, It was SOOOOOOOOOOO hot, it was 104 that day. And 4 hours before the concert started, they lined us up according to ticket number and let us go into the concert area. The concert area was a big open area, NO roof, NO seats, and concrete ground! So basically +3,000 people were pushing, cussing, screaming, and fighting to get close to the stage 4 hours before the concert even started. OH, I should probably mention this: Before they started lining us up, we were walking and we saw this BEAUTIFUL lady walking really fast in our direction. She had the most beautiful long blonde hair I have ever seen. I FROZE, because I knew it was Mrs. Hanson! SO I said, "Ya'll, go say HI" and they were too scared, so I went up to her and said, "Hello, are you Mrs. Hanson?" She almost kept walking, but then she turned and said, "Hi, where are you girls from?" so we told her, and then we asked for a picture with her, and she said, "I'm sorry sweeties, I cant do pictures." Then we said good bye. I just have to say that she is beautiful, sweet, and she has raised HEROES! It was truly a pleasure to have meet such an awesome lady! But anyway, back to waiting for the concert to start. Me and Mere and Nat were in the center....but not too close to the stage. Then the guards and staff of Sea World started YELLING and saying that everyone has to sit down on the HOT concrete, and that if you didn't sit down, then you would be thrown out! So, everyone could sit down, except for about 50 of us where there was no room! We were in a little area, with people sitting down all around us, and we had nowhere to sit, so I had to say good bye, and i left, which helped them have enough room to all sit, and not be thrown out. So I took the opportunity to go buy Hanson concert stuff, because I had first picks because everyone was so concerned with being close, that no body was buying programs and stuff. So I had first picks on EVERYTHING! I spent so much money, I bought a program, and strappy Hanson shirt, a big poster and 3 little posters! Then I found a seat on Tay's side of the stage, and I was pretty close, and I was right by the sound system. So I was sitting there for about 1 1/2 hours, then the good stuff started happening. This guy came out and pulled the cover off of Tay's keys. Between the time he started pulling the cover off and the time it was off, EVERYONE was standing! Then they started playing music off the radio over the speakers. I remember growing up, my fave song was "Free Falling" by Tom Petty. And when they played that song, I started crying, because it made all the pains of the day disappear. Then, when that song was over...HANSON came out. I don't know how to write how much Hanson meant to me...they have don't so much for me, that I owe them everything! They are amazing people, and they deserve all of my thanks. They did the best concert that I could ever imagine, and the whole time tears were running down my face ... NOT because that were hot, but because their music is so Awesome! They played 23 songs, and if I could have changed one thing, it would be that they played 25...the other two would have been "Sure About It" and "Save Me", But all of the songs they played were great, and they did an awesome job. Here's the set list, Where's the Love, You never know, Runaway Run, Minuet Without You, Love Song, Can't Stop, Thinking of You, Wish That I was there (Acoustic), A Song to Sing (Acoustic), Beautiful Eyes (Acoustic), Lucy (Acoustic), Man From Milwaukee, Smile, Dyin to be Alive, This Time Around, Lonely Again, Speechless, Summertime Blues, Mmmbop, If Only, In the City, Look at You (encore), and Magic Carpet Ride (encore). It blows my mind that these three guys are able to play 23 songs in a row, and still have the energy to interact with the fans, have fun, and put on a good performance. I truly respect them, and I would do anything for the opportunity to be able to thank these amazing artists...and Heroes...in person for all that they have done for me. I just want everyone to realize, that fans aren't those who freak out and only think of is how hot they are, its about the music...a true fan loves Ike, Tay, and Zac for their music, not their looks. God bless you all, and them! Lotsa Love, ~Shannon~ 

Hey!  Here's the Milwaukee Journal's Sentinel Review of the Milwaukee Concert
on October 9th.  I know it's a little late.  Sorry.   <A
HREF="http://www.jsonline.com/enter/music/oct00/hanson10101000.asp">JS
Online: Hanson's style shows some substance</A>..... (((just for the
webmaster: if you can't use links here's the actual address
http://www.jsonline.com/enter/music/oct00/hanson10101000.asp))  Here's the
best part of the whole article.  The editor says, "They aren't just the best
boy band. There isn't anybody even worthy of distant comparison."   Yeah! 
~*rachel*~

 Hey guys! I"m sorry this is a little late, but on October 7th, I went to see Hanson at the Murat Theater in downtown Indy. I had seats 36 rows from the stage, but got to stand in the isles a few times. It was such an awesome concert! M2M opened for them, and they were really good but everyone was ready for Hanson! When the guys finally came the screams were so loud you couldn't hear yourself think. They did some cover songs, like "Crosstown Traffic" by Jimi Hendrix, and they played "Gimme some lovin" for the fans who saw them in 98. The guys would leave the stage for a few minutes now and then, and once only Taylor left. When he came back he had on a black tank top. Everyone freaked. Taylor and his bros must have had some major Starbucks cause they were soo energetic. Taylor left his keyboards and jumped all over the stage! It was so awesome! *****love Lauren**** (a.k.a. Goldfish girl) P.S. Sorry I was too far away to take pics!

 Hey i am Holly from arkansas and i am 17 years old. i went to the hanson concert in memphis and had the best time!we left for memphis the day b4 the concert and we got to memphis about 5 hrs later. we get to our hotel and then we decided to go eat. we get to the place we eat at and after we eat we go looking for hanson and we get 30 min out of memohis and find hanson's buses but the werid thing is we didn't mean to go to this one hotel cuz we were going to the fantsy hotel's. so we take pics of the bus and i was wanting to go in but there were police cars and it was after midnight so i didn't want to bug them.so we head back to our hotel and we go to bed and get up.we had to go to ST.Jude for my cousins check up. we were there for a few hours and i heard hanson was there bbut i didn't ever see them cuz the hospital is so big.so when we got done there we head over to the theatre hanson was playing at that night.i didn't meet hanson but i did meet m2m and the babysitter ashley.there really nice and very talktive.m2m were so sweet they gave us autographs i thought that was so sweet of them. i met alot of very nice hansonfans! i have some pics of me and these hansonfans (sarah and danille)were on the bus and this guy tells us to get off the bus and we jumped as soon as my aunt snap the pic its a cute pic.lol. then 2 hrs go bye hanson fianlly gets there from the radio station. i got pics but i got tays and zacs back of there head..lol so when they got to the thearte i went to get ready i had 2 hrs left.when i got readly i went to the concert. i got there and bought me a program and i got my friend jennifer some stuff cause she coudn't come but she wanted to SO bad. then about 7:30 m2m comes out and plays a few songs and there so good hthere songs are really good. they get you pumped for hanson! then they leave then about 30 min hanson comes out they sang about 25 songs! it was so awsome!! i was 5th row but no ne was in my way of tay i was so in front of him we were even.he waved at me and it was funny cuz i looked behind me to see if he was waving at another girl but nope it was me YES!!!lol then on can't stop thinking about you he pointed at me and i was like ahh then i did it again to see if it was another girl but it was me ahhh lol i was so happy when he did that!! i tried to shake one of there hands but i never did oh well maybe next time. this concert was sooo awsome i loved it so much i can't wait to go back!! my friend jennifer has to come next time cuz she missed a great concert.she loves hanson alot so i got her some stuff at the merchandise table i think i said already that sorry . after the awsome show hanson gave us! we all went to the stage door! the sad thing is ike and zac took off with m2m and left taylor.but tay came out the stage door and told us bye and thanks for coming awww he is soo sweet!:)! i didn't give tay my gift i was like ahh now what but i turned around and avery(there lil sisiter if you didn't know lol) was coming behind me on her scooter. so i said hi can you give this to taylor please she said yeah and i said thank you,then her and tay got in the bus.then i had to go back to the hotel and i left the next day to go home. i had the best time and i hope i meet hanson oneday..lol.but i have this show to remember and it was my second lol. i will never forget this awesome show hanson gave us!!! thanks bye!!!

 The Memphis concert was really great! We got there a little early and were standing by the bus. Zoe came out of the back and started waving. She was up there for a while then Diana came and took her to the back of the bus. In a few minutes she was back. She wouldn't wave though. When someone would wave she would frown and shake her head no. Once she mouthed "Mom and Dad said no". So she stood there singing and sticking her tongue out. She was adorable. Anyway I missed when Hanson showed up in the van because everyone was smoking and I'm allergic to it. My dad said Tay came out first and when everyone started screaming, he jerked and looked scared for a moment then smiled. Dad said that Zac looked the opposite direction but Ike slowed down to wave at people. M2M were good. Then Hanson came out and the place came alive. The only covers they did were Johnny B. Goode (which was dedicated to" a special young lady whose birthday is today and she knows who she is" said by Tay) and I want you to want me. That was great! Taylor was great on drums and it was awsome to see Zac up there showing off. He kept jumping down and coming to the front row but they were holding on and not letting him go so he stopped. They sang mostly from this time around with a few from middle of nowhere. They also sang Smile, Lonley again, and Bridges of stone. The concert was incredible. I can't wait to see them live again! Christie

 I just wanted to say that Hanson did NOT Get attacked at the Louisville,KY concert at The Louisville Palace not to like sound mean or rude or anything ..... But I Was there Also! I was in the front row ... at the end of the show anyways hehe anyways a little girl did jump on stage at the very end after it was over and tried to hug Zac but not attack him ... but he did push her away then she got escorted out by the sercurity guards and that's all that happened hehe oh yea be sure to read my review an it will tell all about that concert ... I messed up on a few things like what Ike was wearing and stuff but most of it was right .. heh I was half aslep at the time so forgive me lol but if you wanna know how that concert went or just wanna talk bout Hanson or something e-mail me at KristenHanson@hotmail.com - Ashlee -

 Hey guys! I went to the Memphis concert last night and it totally rocked!!! The bad thing is that the Orpheum wouldn't let us have any signs!!:( That totally sucked. Hanson however, ROCKED!!! They sang a few I wasn't expecting, like "I Want You To Want Me"(the one Tay plays drums on), "Smile", "Lonely Again", "Lucy", and another song I didn't know. If anyone knows what it was, e-mail me and tell me because we couldn't hear much of it. Also, if anyone got any good pics, tell me or something so I can see them. Well, I'll stop boring you people for now.;) Love, Nikki (isaacissexy@hansonhouse.com)

 i'm just gonna tell you what really happened at the Louisville Show. My best friend was the one who got on staged and she didn't jump up their she was pushed. the stage was only 3 feet from the ground, anybody could have got up there. And she didn't attack them. She walked up to them and Tay gave her a hug. So i don't know who told u she attcked them but she didn't . Zac did push her away cause she did run over to him. She also did not get kicked out. The security didn't bother cause it was the last song. They sent her back to her seat. So Whoever told you the other story was Probably just got it mixed around Nikki

 On September 19, 2000 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY is where I saw Hanson for the 4th time (!!!) I waited patiently (ok that's a lie).impatiently for Anna to come pick me up, so we can go have the time of our lives at a Hanson concert. She finally cam around 5:15pm and we headed out listening to "This Time Around" to get us pumped up.I was already pumped.after about and hour and 10 minutes in the car we finally arrived at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. There was a small line, and we were only outside for about 5 minutes (which was a good thing cuz it was raining) so we descended to our seats in the 3rd row!!! (which we will find out later on were right smack dab in the front of Taylor's keyboards) and waited for M2M to come on.in the mean time we caught up w/ some friends Raquel, and Elaine and Noelle. Elaine had met Hanson earlier (!!!) So Anna and me went back to our seats and soon enough the lights were out and M2M took the stage. They played a short set, but I was impressed w/ there talent (plus they seem really nice). Just a note that M2M's bass player is very strange, but he made the show interesting. After singing along to there songs, they left the stage and we waited a good 15 minutes (maybe.I'm horrible w/ time) and then the lights went out for HANSON!!! This is there set list.(not in order) well they came out a played "Thinking of You" first, "Where's the Love", "You never know", "Runaway Run", "MMMBop" (they closed w/ that the 1st time), "Lucy" (I was sooo shocked they played that!!! But it was sooo cute!!!) "Save Me" ( I love that song!!!) "Love Song", "Can't Stop", "Sunshine of your Love", "Song to Sing", "A minute without you", "If Only", "This time around", "Sure About it", "Speechless", "Man from Milwaukee", "Smile", "In the City"(they closed w/ that during the encore) they also played an old song but I have no clue as to what it was called. That's all that I can remember.but during that time Taylor waved at me, Zac smiled at me, and me and Taylor had a staring contest (!!!) and I touched Taylor's hand!!! I thought I was gonna flip out! After the concert I ran, to the stage and asked the security guard for a little souvenir and he gave me Taylor's water bottle. And Anna got a purple alien, which she had to beat down some 9-year-old girls for, but it was totally worth it cuz it had Zac's signature on it (!!!) well there ya go! In my personal oppinion I thought the concert was a total blast!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU HANSON!!!!!! Peace, Love & HANSON!!! ~~~Allison~~~ e-mail: day_dreamer1225@hotmail.com

 Hey! I went to see hanson at the Erie, PA concert, and let me say that it was so amazing!! Well, I got to the Erie Warner theater at like three and they didn't even open the theater till seven but we wanted to get there early enough to see them get off the tour bus. So right when we turn the corner there's all 4 tour buses lined up near each other and there was already a ton of fans waiting outside in front of barricades to see them. So of course I go next to the barricades too to see if we can catch a glimpse of hanson before the show. Well, it turns out that we where on the wrong side anyway because hanson walked to the door on the other side where the barricade was so we didn't see them to close up. First hanson's brothers and sisters walk in the building, their so cute! lol, then the door opened and Zac like flew passes us, he didn't even look back, but that's okay he still rocks, lol. Then Isaac came out he turned and waved to us and then walked in the theater. Finally Taylor came out but it took him like a half an hour to get off the bus for some reason, maybe he was doing his hair, lol. Taylor waved at us too and he looked like he wanted to come say hi but he couldn't because they had to go inside and do the sound check. So there I was with about 3 hours to spare before the concert, with no sign of hanson coming back so I went to the mall, but it wasn't to exiting. We almost got lost trying to find it because we our from buffalo and we had no idea where to go in Erie, lol. Finally it was almost seven and we went to the box office to get our tickets, 6th row on Taylor's side, which isn't that unusual because I've had his side all the time, which is nothing to complain about, lol. The opening band was m2m, their pretty good I guess, I mean they can sing really well. They played for about a half an hour and then hanson finally came out at say about 8:30, and I think that they opened with look at you. During the show they seemed really into it, it was really cool!! But one thing that annoyed me was that some girls kept throwing water bottles and pop cans on the stage trying to hit hanson, they succeeded hitting Tay once in the stomach but he didn't seem to care that much because he was to concentrated with the keyboard, being the professional that is he, lol. They played some songs like thinking of you, mmmbop, speechless, Lucy, a minute without you, you never know, tta, runaway run, if only, can't stop, love song, sure about it, in the city, a song to sing, cross town traffic, and the best song of the night was defiantly I want you to want me!! They came back out and Zac's like do you want more? And where like obviously, lol. Zac kept running around the stage and he just had so much energy, he rocked!! I touched his hand during that song because I managed to sneak to front row for the last 2 songs. I don't know how I pulled that off because the security guards where so strict!! If you went out of your seat for a second to take a pic they would like hunt you down, lol. Also during in the city I touched Tay's arm, but I didn't pull him in the crowd or anything, although I think a few girls tired but where unsuccessful, which was a good thing. Zac also was like smiling at me a few times during mmmbop! I was beginning to think I had something on my face or something, lol. Anyway they played a really great show and the crowd didn't get that out of hand, they where mainly good. But the show totally rocked and I'm so glad they sang I want you to want me!! They song is the best!!

I need to correct something that was said under "latest news".  It is not true that a girl jumped on stage and attacked the boys.  I was there at the Louisville concert and had really close seats and a good view of what happened.  The girl jumped up on stage, bumped into Zac, started walking and Taylor bumped into her before she left on the stage enterance that the Hansons came out of.  She did not jump on anyone!  In fact it was odd because she jumped on stage and then started walking straight for the wing.  The Hansons didn't even seem shocked......lets not assume anything though, there's been too much of that going on. -Amy Gail- P.S. this is my mom's e-mail address, mine is addellwaddell@hotmail.com

  Hi. A month or two before the Hanson concert, I got tickets. My dad, my friend, and I waited in line from 1:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. After that I was sick for two weeks because I got a really bad cold along with a lot of allergies. Although, we got pretty good seats and my dad told me he was happy that we got tickets and he promised to take me to this concert. Until something tragic happened, my dad died on Sunday, October 8th of the year 2000. He was only 47 years old and he died of an awful heart attack and died instantly. He meant everything to me and he promised me so many things. Now that he died, I have almost totally shut myself from my family, friends, and even the world. Now I am not going to the concert. I don't think I will ever be able to go to one now and I haven't recovered from the loss of my dad. Love Always, Jessica *In Loving Memory Of My Dad, Robert*

Hi. A month or two before the Hanson concert, I got tickets. My dad, my friend, and I waited in line from 1:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. After that I was sick for two weeks because I got a really bad cold along with a lot of allergies. Although, we got pretty good seats and my dad told me he was happy that we got tickets and he promised to take me to this concert. Until something tragic happened, my dad died on Sunday, October 8th of the year 2000. He was only 47 years old and he died of an awful heart attack and died instantly. He meant everything to me and he promised me so many things. Now that he died, I have almost totally shut myself from my family, friends, and even the world. Now I am not going to the concert. I don't think I will ever be able to go to one now and I haven't recovered from the loss of my dad. Love Always, Jessica *In Loving Memory Of My Dad, Robert*

 I Guys, I just wanted to say that Hanson just rocked!! the Riverside last night in Milwuakee. I havent had that much fun in I dont even know how long. It was so much more than I was expecting and they did such an excellent job. I can proudly say that Taylor nor anyone of the Hanson's was NOT attacked on stage at all! No one at all went on stage, however, they were mobbed after the concert. The tour buses were parked across the street from the theatre and everyone knew they had to get through us to get to the bus. So everyone stood outside by the ally and just waited for them. Diana and little Zoe was the first to come out. Zoe is sooo cute, she had on her little hood and was walking with her mom, but they just quickly went to the bus. After about 25 mins or so of the security guards repeating themselves for us to get out of the street and move on to the sidewalk, they brought in the police officers with there horses!! These horses were huge and they were sticking the horses butts in are faces! But that got us to move back, b/c everyone was afraid of them. Finally Taylor and Ike and Zac came out. Everyone just started screaming and the pathway we left them to go through just colided when the Hanson's came out. Taylor was wearing his leather black jacket b/c it was so cold. He was just vido taping all of us and never said anything trying to make it through the crowd. I do remember everyone grabbing Tay's hair and just sliding their fingers through his sweaty hair, that had to hurt b/c they were pulling pretty hard and the same for the others. They finally made it to their buses and Tay kept on video taping through the windshield of the Bus. Then I know they chowed down on KFC (kentucky Fried Chicken) b/c we saw that brought on the Bus and then there was a crack through the curtain and we could see them eating. Then Walker came out into the streets and started video taping everyone and everyone just yelled at him saying how they luv so and so and him as well. Then I noticed he started to get cold so he got back on Bus and all the poilce officers had to shooo us away b,c they had to leave. They were just yelling at all of us so badly, it was unbelieveable! Anyhow, that was the aftermath of the concert, but it was great and I will never forget this experience. I dont have a scanner, but I do have great pics taken from 16th row (which was fine b/c the theatre was so small and I have a zoom lens camera)if anyone is interested in buying. I have about 80-90 pics. If your interested then u can email me at crazygirl172@excite.com Thanx, melissa

 On Thursday, September 28th, I saw Hanson live in Detroit. It was my third Hanson concert. My first since the Albertane Tour in '98. The concert was totally awesome! I still can't get over how much the guys have matured both musically and physically since I last saw them in '98. They have improved in all possible ways, and really did an outstanding job of polishing up their older songs, and singing just as good with the new songs as they do on the cd! After a long day at school (from 7:40 AM - 3:23 PM) I left my house around 5:00 and headed to downtown Detroit for the show. I got to the State theater about 6:00, and really looked and looked for the online friends I was supposed to meet up with, but no such luck because of the confusion of the line, (it was half way around the building by the buses) and worrying about getting in line, I didn't see them. When I got there, the line was about half way around the building, so my dad and I got where we could and waited. (I really had to go to the bathroom during this time, so needless to say, I was doing a little dance while standing in the cold! LOL) I saw Scott Hogan and Jason Taylor talking to some fans, (and smoking...) but was too shy to go up to ask for a picture, so I just took one from where I was of Scott. It came out pretty good. He's not looking, but it's ok. My dad and I ended up waiting in line for almost an hour, when they finally started to let everyone in around 7:00, 30 minutes late. On the way in, in one bus we saw someone watching "South Park" in the front, and playing Nintendo 64 in the other. I wonder who it was. Probably just the "road toads" (roadie crew) as someone called them! LOL! As we were walking in, a worker asked me if I had a camera, and I was intimidated, and afraid, so I just said no, I didn't. And he told me that Hanson don't like pictures, and to be considerate. He was nice, so I felt bad, but I definitely wasn't the only one there taking pictures. Once we got inside, I thought I was going to be at the back of the balcony, but to my surprise I wasn't. I ended up about half way up the balcony, right in the middle, so I had a perfect view of the guys the entire show. I was on an aisle, and the balcony is very steep, so there really wasn't anything in my way at all. I bought roughly $63 worth of merchandise; A T-shirt, ($28) the tour laminate ($10), the biggest poster ($10) and the tour program outside before I went in ($15). Even though everything was expensive, it was worth it. I'd like to keep the tour laminate (I bought it for a friend) because I like it, but oh well. It was nice to wear it throughout the show, anyway. M2M came out while I was still buying my merchandise, so I missed almost all of their first song. I came to the concert not thinking too much of them. (I wanted to see Admiral Twin) but that has changed since I saw them. They were actually really good, and the crowd was really into them. I was even singing along to "Don't say you love me," "Mirror Mirror," "Everything you do" and "Pretty Boy." I enjoyed them. So, now for the reason, I came...HANSON!! They put on an awesome nearly 2 hour show! As I said, I really noticed a lot of improvement, and polishing of the old songs plus wonderful live versions of all the songs from TTA. They all rocked! They started with Look at you, and performed all the usuals; Where's the love, Thinking of you, River, Runaway Run, Wish that I was there, You Never Know, etc. Then during the acoustic set they did: Lucy, (I thought it was a new song until almost the end - it sounded so different, but very good!) A Song to Sing, (*sigh* A real tear jerker!) Money, (This one rocked!) Sure about it, and finally, More than Anything. Then they came back to the regular instruments and finished with: Sunshine of your love, I don't know, Speechless, (they introduced the backup musicians during this, and Taylor got the crowd into bowing for them!) Hand In Hand, Love Song, Minute without you, This Time around, MMMBop, Can't Stop, and I want you to Want me. (encore) I loved the energy of the crowd especially during MMMBop (there was a disco ball hanging, and they shined lights onto it during each chorus, which looked really cool!) and This time Around! Everyone was rocking out! It seemed to take forever for them to come out for the encore, but finally they did! I couldn't understand a single word of I want you to want me, but definitely enjoyed it, nonetheless! Zac was so cute! He had his hair pulled back, and it looks as if he has gotten it trimmed since their last appearance. After they finished, it was like I really didn't want them to go. Just as soon as they left, I got that overwhelming, and missing feeling. *sigh* (Post Hanson syndrome, LOL!) I want to see them live again! That feeling gets stronger every time I listen to a song that they sang live! It was actually pretty funny because after the show was over a bunch of girls kept screaming while walking down the stairs, in the lobby, and then outside. It was like a screaming match or something! LOL! I can see why though, they didn't want it to end either! (Who knows when Hanson will be back to Detroit?!?) One more thing I noticed...The fans have really grown up since '98. I saw a lot more 6th graders and up rather than under 6th grade. The fans are getting older! It was so cool to be with all the loyal Hanson fans that all know the Hanson concert rule, and followed it! So much so that the balcony floor kept on shaking during all the fast songs! That's all folks! I can't wait to see them live again sometime! This Time Around, it went by in an MMMBop! ~Megan

 I saw Hanson Aug. 10 in Phoenix at the Web Theatre. I know, I know that was a while ago, I just haven't had the time to write this. Anyways, I was going with my best friend Katie (we're both 17) my 10 year old brother, Jerry, and my 18 year old sister, Jessica. Jessica couldn't get off work, so she was barely going to make it on time. Michelle Branch opened at 7:30pm and she got off at 7:00pm, and it takes a half an hour to get there! Me, Katie and Jerry got there about 6:30pm. I wanted to go earlier, but Katie had to go to her Grandmother's funeral, which ended about 5:30pm, so we couldn't. When we got there, it was so awesome! There were so many other girls there, which was cool, because I didn't think that Phoenix had that many hanson fans. We found our seats, which really sucked, because we were waaaaay in the back on the floor under the balcony, so our view sucked. So we made a plan to sneak up front during Michelle Branch. The week before I went to the No Doubt concert, and we had made friends with the security, and met the bands Lit, and Black Eyed Pea. Well it turns out that the same security were working there that night! So I ran up to our friend Elvira and asked her if there was anyway she could get us backstage. So she told me she would try. We found 2 of our friends, and during Michelle Branch's act, we snuck up front in one of the aisles down the middle, but the security started checking tickets and sending people away. When he got to me, I acted like I couldn't find my ticket, so he asked my little brother, who showed the security guard his ticket right away. So he told us to go find our seats, but I noticed 3 empty seats right on the end of the 10th row, so I shoved my little brother in them and we sat down turned to the left, so the security wouldn't recognize us. I started to worry b/c Jessica, still hadn't arrived, and she wouldn't be able to find us, b/c we moved. So I called her up, and met her outside the Theatre, and we ran back inside, just as Michelle finished. By the way, Michelle was AWESOME, check out her website www.michellebranch.com and you'll see her pics from the concert. While we were waiting for hanson to come on, we started talking to the girls around us, who were so nice. Oh yea, Katie and my two friends had found seats in the 8th row, so we weren't sitting with them. Anyways, then I noticed this security guard, who we had totally flirted with at the no doubt concert, so I ran over to him, but he didn't remember me. So I said, "I'm one of the popcorn girls!" Long story, but that made him remember LOL. He also said he would try to get us backstage. Hanson FINALLY came on!! The concert totally rocked, and we had so much fun dancing and singing. During "Where's the Love" Jessica called up our oldest sister, Cassie, who's 20, and held up the phone for her to hear. I noticed that while she was holding up the phone, Taylor was watching her (we guessed he did b/c of the green glow), so I nudged her, and we started laughing. But during the concert, we all noticed that Zac was acting kinda weird. He didn't seem to be enjoying himself, he was acting like performing was a chore. During the accepella set, he just sat there with his elbows on his knees and his head down, whenever he did look up, he would make faces at us! Like, not funny faces, but faces saying like 'whatever' or 'please'. Whenever the teenyboppers would scream really loud, he would ROLL HIS EYES. Maybe he was having a bad day, I don't know, but that kinda bummed us out. After the concert, we kinda just hung out inside waiting to see if Elvira could get us backstage. While we were waiting, me and Katie started looking on the floor for Isaac's guitar pics, b/c he threw a bunch out at the end. Katie found one, but I didn't. Elvira was sent to go watch their tour bus, so we went over there with her. Unfortunately we all had to stay behind a baracade! Their tour buses were right there, and me and my friends, and Jerry and Jessica could see Isaac talking to some guys infront of one of the buses. So me and Katie got the attention of all the other girls (about 30) and we told them that we could see Isaac, so maybe if we all started singing "MmmBop" he would come over. So we did, and we also sang "If Only" and some other songs, but he wouldn't come over. Scott Hogan came over for a couple minutes and signed a few autographs. Then everyone started waving and some were screaming (not very loud), b/c Isaac was walking our way. But he was walking with his head down, and he wouldn't look at us. Then when he was about 20 ft away, he made a left and down some stairs back into the theatre. So we started singing again, he came back out, turned his back to us and walked away! He did that a few times, never smiling or waving or anything! Then later, we saw Isaac driving a golf cart, and Zac was sitting in the back with 3 other girls in with them. The girls were only like 8, 9 and 11, and they were the daughters of the guy who owned the Web Theatre. We tried to get them to drive past us, but they never did. At this point we were all getting really frustrated, and hot b/c hey it's Arizona! The security had to get water for us. I had to leave about 11:00pm b/c Jerry was getting too tired, and he had football practice the next day, so we had to leave. I don't know if Isaac, Taylor, and Zac ever came over to sign the other girls autographs, or not, but I hope they did. On the way home, we were all a little confused and mad, b/c we didn't know why they were acting like that, and ignoring us. But overall it was an AWESOME concert, I'm just glad I got to go. They probably were just tired and exhausted from the concert, and from waking up at 5am to be on Good Morning Arizona!! When we got home, we drove over to Hollywood video store, to say happy birthday to our friend Ben. He asked us where we had been, b/c me and Katie had Neve stickers all over our shirts LOL (we didn't even know who Neve was at the time!). Anyways, Ben was saying how much he didn't like Hanson blah, blah, blah, so before we left we covered his windshield with Hanson stickers LOL!! I'm going to see Hanson again on Oct. 29, at our State Fair, and hopefully that concert will turn out a little better! We already know where the tour buses will be, b/c we saw Blink 182, Fenix Tx, and Bad Religion perform there a few months ago, and we hung out backstage and met Fenix Tx and Travis.

 Hey! I just got home from the Cincinnati,OH concert,which totally rocked!!!Yay! When M2M took the stage i have to say that they're a nice duo.OMG but when hanson took the stage,everyone was screaming and very excited.!They played the following songs,(not in order)you never know,mmmbop,love song,if only,look at you,where's the love,tta,song to sing,,and i don't remember the other songs,understand me,i just got home.The guys were really awesome.I got the chance to talk to Walker and he just recognized me.Wooohoooo i never thought it.We all were very nice to see hanson and i took a picture of M2M with me,they are friendly and they deserves to be opening in a hanson concerts.I saw this girl Natalie i guess it was her cuz she smoked like 15 cigarettes in an hour,men!she was starring at my friend and i,I don't know why but she did anyway,perhaps she was jealous to see how beautiful we are LOL.She seems to be rude...GRRRR.I touched Tay's hand and Zac's hand too....I will kiss my hand the whole night.I don't have voice now,which means any sound comes out of my mouth.!HE really funny. If you'd like to e-mail me:anabhanson@hansonhouse.com

 Well I Went to the October 12th concert at Louisville,Kentucky at the Louisville Palace with my parents because they like Hanson too! anyways we got there like 3 hour's before it started anyways we walked to the place and stood a while then we decided to walk around and we saw these 2 buses with Alabama license plates which happened to be the buses for their equipment and the people who perform with them and the people who set up the equipment so we decided to take pix of them anyways we went back to the Louisville Palace but it was still a while before we could go in so we decided to walk around again and while we were walking we passed by The Brown Hotel and I had my camera in my hand and these two guys that work at the hotel were standing out and one of them look at us and said Hanson Watch Out! and we just laughed and went on and we passed by the buses again and this time we heard people and we heard someone say hey so we just kelp going and then we went back to the Palace and stood and waited for them to let us in while we were waiting everyone was chanting Hanson! then finally they let us in and then told us where to go so then we had to wait out in the lobby place for about 30 minutes while waiting out there we saw Walker and Diana they passed right beside us im like oh my god that was Hanson's parents! and they went backstage .. anyways we met some people when we were waiting also then finally they let us in and we got to go to our seats we were in the 20th row well we had to wait a while so they could set up the stage while we were waiting they played music well finally they show began hehe and M2M were up first but they were really great! they sang about 8 songs then after they were done we had to wait about 30 minutes while they set up Hanson's stage well while they did I met this girl who was also a Hanson freak and talked to her and then we went out in the lobby to use the bathroom and we saw Diana we asked her was she Hanson's mom and she just laughed and said nah but it was her then we went back and waited for a bit and then finally someone came out it was a radio dj guy and he talked for a while then finally Hanson came out and the crowd went crazy Taylor was wearing some bluejean pants and a white tanktop with a button-up shirt over it which didnt stay on to long and Zac was wearing a T-shirt and some bluejeans with the knees cut out and Ike was wearing some black pants and a shirt well Anyways after the first few songs me and that girl I had met snuck up to about the 8th row which was by a door that lead backstage where all the security people were well half way during the concert a girl came out and passed right by me then later on she came back and stood by the door that lead backstage and she was singing along with the music then I noticed who she was it was Jessica Hanson which I thought was really cool because she was like right by us but you could tell she was there sister she was really pretty anyways she went back backstage anyways Hanson was amazing! they sang alot of great songs and they kelp saying that Louisville Kentucky rocked which was really cool and right in the middle of the concert Zac took down his hair and started headbanging Ofcourse hehe well anyways they left and me and this girl I had met started to leave but then the guy said do you want more? and Hanson came back out so we turned around ran back and this time we snuck up in the first row which was soooo amazing we snuck passed the security while they were making everyone go back but we were right there like in the front row like we were so close we were touching the stage they were singing "I Want You To Want Me" and after they were done they started shaking peoples hand in the crowd and stuff an I reached out and Taylor touched my hand I about died! then Ike threw Hanson guitar pics out and me and this little girl caught the same one but she took it =( but that's okay then right before then left a little girl jumped on stage and tried to grab Zac but he pushed her away then she got escorted off the stage anyways after the concert was over me and parents went around back in an alley where their bus was and watched them leave when they were leaving Zac raised up the shades and started waving bye to everyone and me and some other girls ran after them hehe I just want to say that, that was the BEST day of my entire life!! they were soooo amazing I couldn't believe it!! anyways the show was amazing and whoever else was there know's exactly what im talking about it was the Best!! and everyone else who went to a Hanson concert I hope u had a great time also! and I can't wait to go to another Hanson Concert!! hehe also hopefully one day I'll have the opportunity to meet them hehe well Peace,Love, And Hanson Forever and Always No Matter What!! KristenHanson@hotmail.com Later! - Ashlee -

I know I'm a little late for this but i really want to tell you everything about my Montreal experience!:) Ok well it started Saturday Morning i got up at 7am and I was already on my way there 2hrs later I arrived at the Metropolis I was so happy there was only like 200 people in line so we got in line and it was raining (of course) anyways at about 3pm Hanson's tour bus arrived ..but no one was sure if it was really them..including me I was sceptical...until I saw Zac come out of the bus..he was right in front of me I freaked (I don't mean screaming i mean stop breathing!)lol it was so odd..after seeing him on many pics and stuff...anyways that made my day..the other members got out and of course everybody screamed the whole time..(!!)Ok well they let us in at about 5:30 I got places I was like 3rd row!I was amazed (but as you all know girls in front row are odd) so they were pushing because i don't know they think that the more you suffer the better the concert while be!:P so I got out of there and enjoyed M2M from a VIP section ( I shouldn't of been there because I wasn't a VIP lol..)M2M we're really good I mean they have talent and they play there songs I can finally say they are girls and they are smart..they are no christina or britney!!they did that song with the hoo hoo ha ha ha ...it was fun!:) ok after the first part I went back downstair on the floor and found my cousin!We found a nice spot we we're in the back so we left all our stuff on the floor and we saw everything so well..(we we're there for the music so not being front row center didn't bother us one bit!:P)So the room turned dark I was shaking finaly my dream was coming true I was screaming (b-cause they are HANSON!!)And then I saw them it was like a dream and wonderful dream! They started with can't stop and I danced the whole show!!It was a great show because they interact alot with the public and the songs are all very well placed there's no "dead" moments in the show..they kept me dancing and jumping for 2hrs (even though I almost past out once) But I drank a bottle of water and was all right..the highlights of the show we're for me "Wish that I was there","Minute without you","In the city","MMMbop","a song to sing","if only"...but i mean the whole show was awesome...the only sad thing is they came back on stage to sing "in the city" and then when they finished..I was ready for another "last song" but no one there seemed interressted in starting to chant "hanson,hanson!" anymore..ho well it was still and will be for a while..THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE and no...i'm not kidding!:) Judith liv4music@hotmail.com

 Hi. My name is Kristie, and I went to the Louisville, KY show. Let me just start by saying that I don't remember all of the songs in correct order, but it absolutely rocked! I won't give any lame details about what I did throughout the day to prepare for the concert, because all I did was get ready and leave. I live in Bowling Green, KY which is about two hours away from Louisville, so I left around 3 in the afternoon. I went with one of my good friends Laura. Her parents drove us up there because I didn't want to drive all the way up there and have to come back right after the concert because I knew I'd be tired. Anyway, it seems that I have given boring details, so I'll just get on with the show. We got to the Palace Theater about an hour before he show started, but there were already tons of people there. Security wasn't letting people into the actual theather yet, so Laura and I just waited outside of the door that led us to our seats. We had front row of regular seating. After standing around listening to girls scream and sing for a half hour, we were finally able to go to our seats. Laura and I were definitely happy! We were the last two seats (13, 14) in the front row on Isaac's side. I had totally forgotten about the preferred seating (probably because I didn't get any), so we weren't as close to the stage as I had hoped, but we still had good seats. Anyhoo... after another half hour M2M came out and performed. I was actually pretty impressed by the girls. They can really sing. I didn't know any of the songs, except "Don't Say You Love Me," but I still enjoyed them. Then there was that terrible waiting after the opening act leaves the stage for Hanson. I hate that part of the concert. I mean, they've had all day to get ready and blah, blah, blah. Now, I'm going to sound like I'm not a fan for a minute, but the heck is up with writing "I love (preferred brother)" all over a selected body part? I mean, come on! Do people actually think they're going to find that attractive? I can't really stand the freakish fans that scream at the top of their lungs and cry either. I'm sorry if I'm coming off really rude, but some stuff just bugs me. I do neither of the things mentioned above, which will probably speak for why I got to do something special that I will talk about later. Anyway, Hanson finally came out to sing/play. I was in shock. They looked so old to me. Zac has grown up so much since the good ol' Albertane Tour days. He was extremely gorgeous in a pair of jeans and a T-Shirt with an eagle. Isaac looked awesome too. He had on a pair of khaki's and a green shirt that kinda "laced up" at the neck. I made it sound horrible, but it looked really good. Then there's Taylor. Words cannot describe how beautiful he is in person. This is the fourth time I'm seen the guys live, but the first since the haircuts. Taylor's hair was much shorter than I had seen it. He was wearing jeans that had a peace sign patch sewed on. That was kind of silly, but he still looked awesome. He also had a white button up shirt with some kind of design on it, which he later discarded and replaced with a white wife-beater. That was also very nice, but a little silly. Their performance was sweet! They played every good song possible from the album, some they had written that I had never heard, and the oldies! They seemed a little unenthused to me. I mean, the concert was fun and they were laughing and smiling and stuff, but Zac is the only one who seemed to be truly enjoying himself. Did anybody else notice that? Now, Laura and I were surrounded by hysterical fans. There was one girl to the left of us decked out in leather (kinda scary) and glow sticks (very scary). I mean she had glow stick earring, bracelets, necklaces, and a necklace turned into a headband. She also acted completely insane if you ask me. Anyway, with her and few other crazy fans, Laura and I were the only "calm" fans around I guess you could say. Well, throughout the show I kept noticing one of the security guards looking at me. One time, when I could feel his eyes on me, I looked over and he pointed at me then at the stage. "Do you wanna come up here?" he asked. I was like, "Me? Uh, yeah!" So I walked up there and he told me that my friend could come too. Laura came down after I motioned for her, and we stood at the stage for the rest of the show. It was so awesome! I think the highlight of the show was when Zac came off the drums and let Taylor take over. Zac came over to where we were standing and touched mine and Laura's hand. That was cool. He left and came back again, this time practically getting mauled. I guess Zac falling off the stage and getting injured would be cool to some fans. Hanson singing "I Want You to Want Me" is a great experience. Taylor playing the drums is sweet, and Zac just walking around singing and goofin' of is so cool too. We don't usually get to see him walkin' around during a show. Of course Isaac looked hot playing the guitar (he broke two guitar strings on two different guitars that night). Of course we want you guys! At the end of the show, Laura and I got to touch Taylor's hand. Isaac never came over to our side and that's where he had played all night. That was sad, but the whole evening was awesome in itself! Thanks for reading, I know it wasn't a great review, but it was my experience.

 The concert was soooooo awesome!!! My friend Jill, her mom, and I went to the concert in Atlanta on the 22nd of August. We got there about 4:30 EDT and waited in the car until 5. We got out and waited in line for an hour and a half. When we finally got in it was 30 minutes until the opening band was supposed to come on. So Neve came out at 7 and they were good!!! Well after about 30 minutes of them playing music, they went off the stage and the stage people moved stuff around and set up some instruments. About twenty minutes later, Hanson came out!!!! Everyone went crazy. We were really close to Taylor and got some great pictures. I was about 5 people away from the stage and by the end I was front row. Well, anyway. Hanson started with "You Never Know," and after that I can’t remember the order, I was too excited!!! I will name the ones I remember that they played tho(not in order). "If Only" "This Time Around" "Runaway Run" "Can’t Stop" "I Wish That I Was There" "Sure About It" "Hand In Hand" "In The City" "A Song To Sing" "Mmmbop" "Speechless" "Where’s the Love" "A Minute Without You" "Johnny B. Goode" "Summertime Blues" "Money" "Lonely Again" "Man From Milwaukee" "Smile" "Magic Carpet Ride" "You Don't Know" "Beautiful Eyes" And a few more I just can’t remember what they were. Ok, well they went off the stage and came back for an encore. They played two more songs and the chorus of TTA a cappella. Before the encore tho, I got to touch both Isaac’s and Zac’s hands. I tried to hold on to Zac but his hands were so slippery from sweat that I couldn’t!! Haha. I wasn’t being obsessive but I was excited! After the concert, we went to an alley and hid behind some dumpsters(j/k, but we were close to some). Their tour bus was like 10 feet away from us. We waited in the alley and a few more people joined us. Then we saw Zac and we asked him for a pic with us and he stood there for a sec, like he was thinking about it, but he went and got into the bus. Then Taylor came out of the backstage place and we asked him for a pic with us, but he just waved and got on the bus. So, after we had been in the alley for an hour, had met the drummer and lead guitarist of Neve, gotten a pic with the drummer, and gotten both of their autographs, and also saw Isaac and he waved, we went to the place where all of the fans were. When Isaac came back out of the backstage place(he had left the bus and gone there) I shook hands with him and asked for a pic!!! But he said he couldn’t so I just took some of him. Then we saw Zac go back and forth between the bus and backstage place, but we could tell he was really mad so I didn’t take pics. Then we went back to the alley. Taylor came over and talked to us!!! I shook his hand and I said, "I really love your music," and he said, "Thank You." Then I asked for a pic and he said he can’t and I shook his hand (again!!!!) and said thanks and he got on the bus. We went over to the place where everyone was again and tried to get some more pics of Hanson and only got a few. We went back to the alley and got pics in front of the tour bus. About 15 minutes later, we had to leave and it was 12:30 A.M.!!! Alright, I hope you liked my review!! A few notes: 1. People kept on throwing glow sticks and water bottles on the stage and a few times it would hit Taylor or Isaac or Zac. I felt really bad for them, and I could tell they looked upset. 2. Taylor was REALLY nice. So was Isaac and Zac(he acted mad tho), but I only really got to talk to Taylor, and him talk back to me. 3. There were no water guns!!!!!! 4. People sprayed Hanson with their own water guns. 5. During the part where they introduce the guitarist, Taylor bowed to them for a whole minute!! It was funny. 6. Isaac had to ask the audience a LOT to backup from the stage. 7. When Hanson was doing an emotinal, slow song like "A Song to Sing," people would screm the whole time and it got really annoying. 8. I’m really out of it, so I KNOW I forgot a bunch of stuff. Sorry!!! Also: it took a long time to post this review because my e-mail was like really messed up and I tried quite a few times to send it, but it never worked!!! And if I had a scanner, I would send my pics, but I don't. Sorry, because my pics are awesome!!! Kathleen Buccleugh

Some pics from the AZ concert (click to enlarge)

Hey all this is my concert review it's an awesome concert if you haven't seen it your in for a treat O.k. I tired to win tickets on wnci( our local radio station) that came whht backstage passes and on Monday for 2,3,4row wiht meet ad great instead on mmmbop it was mmmdrop you had to drop a portbale phohne form a second story building then on tuesday for 5ht rwo you had to drop something in your toilet and whosse ever had the best splash won and someone on wiht a bolwing ball then for front row you had to sat on hold for an hour and say mmmbop the whoel time.I did'nt win anything. I got home form school at about 3.10pm and whe where leaving at 4.00 my dad surprised me adn came home 15 minutes early after he ate and i hung the window sings we were on our way. When we got to columbus we parked at teh state house gargae and we walked to the palce as we were walking down the street i saw hasnon on the little thing that says whats' going on i flipped out i was so excited. We arrived at the palce at about 5.00 pm and we talked to other pplk waitting around teh doors aopend at 6.00pm so we had a while and it was a lot of fun just sittign there. when the doors opened and since they have old ppl that work there they were freaking out cause there was this big scream and i was the second person in the doors and the second person at the t-shirt table i got a hasnon shirt a program and a glow stick and i spent my money in 5 minutes that i had been saving up fro for 3 months or so. Me and my dad found our seats at 3RD ROW BALCONY and they were good seats. I thne started trying to find a friend casue she was trying to get me backstage but she could'nt i found her and she went to go find her seats i lost her then i asked the usher if i could go find my friend she siad yeah and i got 4th rwo up there and saw he stage up close it was so cool. I found my dad and he said that they said us in the wrong seats we were in like 22nd row balcony m2m cmae on and it was o.k. but no one was sitting in 2nd row baclony when hasnon came on so we sat there and we had great seast. It was reallyloud. The firist song was look at you i ythink ( i was too busy screaming) and tay was wearing jeans and a red t0shirt and ike was weraing jeans and a green tank top wiht a cocver up wich later got tken off and zac was wearing tan pants and a yellow shirt. Taylort was teaching the crwd somthign and his handon looked like they were goign to fall off his body. Then when they introduced the badn he was "like bowing down to them" the girl behind me was screaming so loud durring more than anyhitng that hte girl oin front of me said can you quiet down i want to here the words. Then isaac said they bad thing about ear piece in is anyone can say anythign to you zac just said somehtign to me. They said bye guys then as they were lewaivng someone grabbed tays foot and would'nt let go and someone throw a rose on the stage and it hit issac of course everyoen was screaming and chanting we want more and hasnon hanson so they came back out and when zac tok out his ponytail everyone was screaming they played man from millwakee and when zac had his part the thing his drum was on lit up in green and then taylor took over on drums and zac was sing i want you to want me and that was by himself he started touchign fnas hands and it was awesome that was my favorite part of the concert and zac was basically being his crazy self. My dad was sitting down even though hew likes hanson he said the balcony was shackign the whoel time but i only felt it in mmbop, tta, if only and where'a the love the conert ended at about 9.45 and we got home at 10.30 i had no voice and i did'nt get it back till the day after about after noon it was the best concert i have been too and it was the sceond one i was at hasnon wise and it roxed sorry about the spelling errors i knows there's proabbly a lot and i'm sorry and all times are in est if you guys go to a hasnon concert sned me the reviews if ya can i knwo i had a lot of ppl to e-mail so i just fowarded this to everyone but if you go and you feel like sneding me a e-mail go ahead and i have already gotten reviews from some of you all

My friends and I went to the concert in Toronto. It was amazing! It was at Massey Hall. The building itself was beautiful...Anyway, we drove 5 hours from Syracuse, New York, and when we finally got there, it was around 5:30. We checked in at our hotel and then we walked around the town looking for a place to eat dinner. While walking throuh the city, we heard girls screaming. We sprinted down the street and when we turned a corner, there were two tour buses!!!(red and blue) They were huge!!! There was about 50 girls chanting for Hanson...We finally found out that they had just gotten off their buses and had waved and said hello to people. We then got into it, and started chanting and cheering for them to come back outside. At one point Zac came out, waved, and then quickly ran back inside the door. I got out my camera sooo fast and started to take tons of pictures!!! I think I got the back of him! By this point, we still hadn't eaten and we needed to eat and get back in time for the concert, so we walked to the Eaton Center (the mall that was there). We went to Arby's and ate finally...Then after, we walked back to our hotel room to get ready for the BIG night ahead of us! After we went and got changed, we went back to Massey Hall. We walked by their buses and noticed a bunch of girls screaming again!(In the same spot they were before) So, again, we ran over to see what was going on! Ike came out video taping the crowd! I got out my camera and took a bunch of pics! I'm hoping that our crowd is on their next video tape...if they do one! So after Ike came out, he quickly went back in. Now we saw everyone but Tay! The crowd started to sing songs, and beg for Tay to come out! And within 5min, he came out and waved for about only 10 seconds...but long enough for me to take a couple pictures!!!!Ahhh I can't wait to get them developed! Ok, then they sent Macky out. (their brother in case you didn't know) He was so adorable-He is the next Zac! After, we figured out that they were letting people in, we left and went in to find our seats. OUr seats were located in the gallery.(the gallery is above the balcony!)We got to our seats and were very dispointed! Because we were on the side, we could only see a part of the stage! We met these girls in font of us who were also very upset. To make a long story short, we found seats that nobody was sitting at. 4 perfect seats, direct center gallery! THey were amazing seats!!! A word of advise...If you don't like your seats, look around you for seats that no one showed up to!!!!! It pays to be aggresive! ANyway, M2M was pretty good actually, they get the crowd really pumped for hanson! When Hanson came out, it was incredible! Even though we were not front row, we felt sooo close! It was the best place for a concert! THey started out with, I think, "thinking of you" then when they got to "IN the City," Tay did the coolest thing!!!! He climbed up on the balcony ! When he jumped off, he rolled on the ground and grabed his microphone!! He continued singing and the crowd got totally into it!!!! That, I think, was the best part of their preformance! The songs they sing are pretty much the same every concert, but the energy at this concert was unbelievable! They did an encore, and ended with "THis Time Around," acapella. When they grabed hands with eachother and bowed, that was so amazing....THey are a great group of guys......OK, back to the concert, when we went down stairs to buy a program, they were all sold out! Another word of advise.....buy your things BEFORE the concert!!! We ended up buying posters instead. When we found my friends mom, she told us that the buses were still there and we should hurry to see them off. Folks...no need to hurry! About twenty of us waited until 1 in the morning to say goodbye to them! Then the doors opened, and Diana walked out with Zoe! SHe is the sweetest thing! Then after Diana, Tay, Ike, and Zac walked out waving, and saying "You Guys Rock!" Then they got on the buses and that was the last we saw of them! That was the saddest thing that ever happend to us! We were so close, yet so far! But this whole trip was a memory that we will never forget!!!!!!

 Montreal (Canada) Hello People, I wanted to say that the concert of Hanson in Montreal the 23 sept ROCK!!! It was awsome!!! Walker was really nice,he came to talk to people when we was waiting in line for going in the Metropolis.He said that Hanson will probably not have a new single in This time around but in the new CD,but if htey do a new single in THis time around it will be save me.AFter the concert,I met Hanson!!!! I was really HAPPY.I talked with Zac and Ike,and I shake Taylor's hand.Taylor look really tired and didn;t stay to talk with h'is fan,only Isaac and Zac did.Today I found out why Taylor didn't stay wiht the fans,it was because he was sick d:o( I hope he feel better now.I try to make Zac promise me he will come back to Montreal but he said that he couldn't promise ,and now I found out that Hanson promise Toronto they will come back,that's not fare!!!It was funny because when Isaac came to talk with the fans he was smoking a cigar.Anyway they are really nice people.I hope they will ocme to Montreal Tania d:o)

On September 30th, 2000 I went to the Toronto Concert At Massey hall. My friend Meg and I arrived in the parking lot around 3:30 or 4. We took a pic beside Hanson's tour bus and met a few people that we had met in May from Much music. All of a sudden we heared screaming and Ike was comming down the stairs. He passed us and went into the Tour bus got his bag and went up the stairs. By this time the screaming god louder and Louder. Poor Ike was locked out. For I guess 2 min he was knocking on the door and finaly someone let him in. About 15 minutes later Jessica and I'm guessing her friend went down the steps and in to the tour bus and all you hear is Oh my gosh Jess ahhhh It hurts. Anywayz she was rushing and she went back in. 10 min later on teh side Zac came out dumb me didn't even know it was him I just went Yeah cuz everyone else was doing it. I didn't reconize him he had a hat on. Then i found out it was Zac. ALL thouse times i didn't have my camera ready THEn I did. Everyone was chanting Taylor Taylor cuz I guess it was his turn to pop his head out. Then all of a sudden you see Mackie come out and start dancing it was to cute. I didn't take a pic cuz I respect there Family privacy. Mackie came out about 2 or 3 times it was to cute. Then tay came out and waved. It was pathetic cuz he didn't even show his face. But hey it was all good... At about 7:10 they FINALY let us in. Our seats were left Balcony. The place was so amazing and SO small. It fit about 3.000 people. But it was so Fun. You could see the whole stage. At 8 everything god dark and ALL you hear is screaming when M2M came out it started dying down. Heheh that wasn't fair.... They sang a bunch of songs that really got people hyped up so the screaming it got louder. After M2M left people started setting up the stage. Around 9 Hanson finaly came out and started off with Look at you. People were jumping having fun and SCREAMING. You couldn't help but stand up you couldn't sit down not even for a minute. Taylor left the keyboards alot during the show. He even Jumped on one of the speakers and shook fans hands on the right Balcony. He jumped down, triped and did a summer sault on stage. To funny.... The played, Look at you, River, I wish that i was there, Love Song , thinking about you, Can't stop. Accoustic set... Sure about it, a song to sing, Lucy. Money thats what i want. Then Zac and Tay left and Ike dedicated Beautiful eyes to a special someone and sang solo. It was amazing. WHEN Tay and zac came back they ended the accoustic set then went to teh 3rd set. They played Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones cover) , A Minute Without You , They dedicated Dying to be alive to a special someone grr I couldn't hear so I don't knoww who... If only, Hand in hand was dedicated to there friend Brad, Speechless, This time around, Mmmop, In the City ( Zac was havin the MOSt fun in that song, Then the ending they played Man from Milwakee and This time around A cappella. The whole concert was amazing. Even Allpop Said we were louder then montreal. :o) hanson really should make concerts in small places its SO amazing. Tasha 

 September 28th 2000~State Theatre, Detroit Michigan Ok...well I got up at 7 a.m. because Hanson was supposed to be on Q95.5 for Mojo in the Morning...well they never were on! So at about 9 I guess...I started to get ready to leave. Well, I guess it was 10:45 we left my house to go get lunch. So, After all that we arrived at the State Theatre at 1 p.m. there were already 2 busses there and I was all excited cuz Hanson's bus hadn't arrived yet. well, I was standing with my parents just waiting for something to happen! lol! So, I guess it was maybe 2-2:30 a tour bus was coming down the street so we all ran to the corner and we were looking in the window for Hanson...we looked in the window and this big group of people were in there..and this guy was waving and stuff..and us girls all looked at each other and said "Rob Thomas?!" well..it was MatchBox 20 that passed! They were playing in Ypsilanti that night and I guess just drove by for the heck of it! lol! So...we were all standing there and I guess it was like 3:30 Hanson's bus pulled in and we all had to stand behind this light pole..boy was I sick of hearing "back up past the light pole!" my geez! well...anywayz...it was only Hanson's family on the bus even though we all thought Hanson was on there! So, me and a group of girls were all just hanging out and exchanging E-mail addys and I ended up know this one girl that I was hanging with the whole time and didn't know it was her...(Nicole, I luv ya girl, I'm so glad we get to go see Hanson 2gether! its gonna rock!!! ) So, we are all just standing there, and I heared Hanson was at Q95.5's radio station..which was just down the street..so I went to go ask my mom if I could go over there..and she was like..thats not a good Idea and I was like "why?" and she was like..look in that van. and Ike was sitting right there and I about died when I saw how close I was to Hanson! It was SO amazing so we were all spazing out and they only waved and said Hi, but its all good!! First was Zac...whoa baby! lol! Then Tay and Ike! So, I was standing in line talking to people I knew from my school and M2M's bus pulled up (it was about 5:30). Well, me being the music fanatic I am...like them..hehe so I ran over there to meet them! Well..maybe 20 people were over there and Marit was the first off and I just went right up to her and asked for an autograph (I kinda felt bad just running up to her..but its all good) then I got Marion to sign it and I got my pic taken with both girls! yay me! hehe! And I told Marion how much I loved there CD!!! Ü So, after I met them, I went back to stand in line...and I was standing with these 2 girls until Nicole came back and I was hangin with her the rest of the time..and we totally got jipped on meeting Hanson...rrrrrrrrr! hehe! But, there is always next time right Nic?! So, I guess at 7 we finally got let into the theatre..and I was in line for 20 minutes to get a t-shirt and of course I get stuck behind the girl buying 1 of everything! Geez! hehe! So I get to my seat and this one girl I talk to on-line that I was planning on meeting (Dena...You Rock girly! We gotta meet up again sometime!) had already talked to my parents so I went up to her and we were just talking and finally my friend got there..just in the knick of time! M2M came on stage and started with Mirror,Mirror. and then they sang about 4 others! I think I was the only one that liked them! hehe! oh well! It was so much fun! So, I guess it was a 20-30 minutes and the lights went out..and Hanson walked on stage...and opened with Look At you! In No Particular Order...this is what they sang (I might be missing a few..but you get the point) Runaway Run, Thinking of you, MMMBop, Speechless, Where's the Love, Lucy, A Minute With Out You, You Never Know, If Only, this time around, Cant Stop, Wish that I was there, Love song, Sure about it, Hand in Hand, Song to Sing, River, I Want You to Want Me, Money, Sunshine of Your Love...and I think thats it! But, no matter where your seats were, you got into the concert. I had center stage Mezzanine front row..which was right off the floor so it was really awesome! But, the show lasted about 2 hours..it really didn't seem that long..I was having so much fun I didn't want it to end! They ended with a very awesome..."I Want You 2 Want Me" Zac looked SO hot..and he has a great voice..and I just love him! But, The show was awesome! I was really bummed that they didn't sing In the City and an accapella version of TTA. oh well...! The guys really rocked da house, and they always know how to leave Detroit satisfied. ***if you attended this concert and want to talk, or any of the other Detroit shows, feel free to IM me or E-mail me*** *Jessica* ~Spazgurl2203~

Hello i'm amanda and here is my review of the Toronto show. I live in Rochester, NY so the morning of the concert my dad took me and my friends to Toronto. We got there, went to our hotel, walked around, blah blah blah ya know. So at around 3 i wanted to go to Massey Hall and start waiting and maybe see Hanson get off the bus, but no one else wanted to so we went to mall and fianally around 4:30 we got to the theater. We were just standing aroung the front and my dad went around the back to "check" things out. He came back in 5 minutes and was like "hey you want to go see hanson's tour buses?" and we were like "sure what the heck" so we go in the back thier weren't too many girls there. so we were just takin some pictures of thier bus and watchin the TV through the bus (its a pretty darn big TV) so my dad showed us the door and windows of the room hanson was in. We could see ppl in there but not them. So my dad was all jokin around sayin "Oh i just saw Zac" and my friend Katie was like "i think just saw zacs hair swish" lol and i was like "yeahhh ok." and then all of a sudden Isaac comes walking out of the door and everyone one starts scream. And i was like just like in aw becuase this was my first concert and i have never seen any of them in person. then it hit me to take a picture but i could get my carmera on. and ike didn't even look at us he ran down the steps into the bus. we finally got some pictures of him in the bus and he grabbed his back pack and went beack up the stairs. then the best thing happened, ike being stupid shut the door when he came out and there was no knob on the out side so he was locked out. so he's all pounding on the door and we all are like "woah! he's locked out!" so have gave a little wave to us and finally someone let him in. then i was like shakin and i couldn't believe i saw him in person. he looked really tan and his hair looked fluffy and blonder. so after that little incident more poeple started to come and all the girls were yelling for them to come out. they sounded like freakin barking dogs and it was really annoying. so stupid bald old people would come out the door and make stupid faces at us and sometimes Walker would come out and take pictures of us and make retarded faces. haha he is a funny man. I was always the first one to notice and i would point and be like "walker!" and everyone would go crazy. then later on we saw Jessie come out and Avery stucky her head out really fast. then Mackie came out and looked all scared and confused cause everyone was screaming. so he waved and ran back inside. then someone (who some ppl thought was zac) was sticking a kremit the frog out the window. so then time went on and we didn't think they were gunna come out again and the whole back was packed with people so we left to wait in front. so as soon as we leave and get in the front a huge roar of screams comes from the back and i was just like "i bet that was hanson" and i heard later on that they did come out. BUT THATS OK cuz it made it even better when we saw them on stage for the first time and we were the first ones into the theater. so we got in and found our seats (5th row Ike side pretty dran good view & close) so blah blah blah its 8:00 or so and M2M comes on. They were better sounding live but i was too excited bout hanson to care bout them. So they leave and we wait and the best moment comes: the lights dim and you see them run on stage i saw zac for the first time in person and i was just the best moment of my life. taylor was looked pretty good as well. they were wearing Ike: tan pants, green tee shirt that tied like peter pan at the top and a jean jacket that had some flag on the sleave Zac: red tight shirt that had yellow writting on it, tanish (i think) colored pants that buttoned up the side Tay: didn't really really notice until he was wearing a black wife beater with dark pants but i think he was wearing a blue button up shirt. The concert was great and i never had so much fun in my life! i was dancin and getting all into it and the ppl infront of me like never moved. lol they opened with Look at You and played the regular songs. Every songs was great and sounded even better than the CD but the really good ones were: Money, Beautiful Eyes (tay and zac left the stage and ike sang alone it was amazing!), You Can't Always Get What You Want (this song was sooo good), If Only, Speechless, A minute without you, This Time Around (sounded awesome with everyone singing), Dying to Be Alive (dedicated it to some girls they met backstage), and Can't Stop (the tick tock part sounds so cool) The whole time Zac faced our section and we would wave and stuff and he would smile. Isaac harldy paid attention to us he just got all into it and shook his head and it was funny cuz his hair is all bushy. but when he did look at us he made some weird faces and that came out pretty funny in my pics. Taylor harldy EVER came over to our side and since his butt look extra good that night me and katie were like "get ova here!" oh it was really nice when he would to the "bow down" thing to the back up players. nice veiw nice view. So finally during In the City (which rocked) Taylor came over to our side by that time everyone was gettin alittle rowdy so since i wasn't close enough to touch his hand i climbed up on my seat and i hung on this pole next to me and i was above all the fans and eye level with tay. it was amazing he was like RIGHT THERE. he didn't see me but i was all like "YEAHH" and he's all struggling to get his hand out of the crowd. hehe ohhh man it was great. so they leave and come back for the encore and all they did was MFM cuz the crowed was getting to wild and pushing to the front and tay was all worried and yelling and giving us a little talk about looking out for eachother. hehe but i stayed in my seat so whatever. so after that ike went and said something to tay and they all went up and sang this time around acapella and bowed and that was the end! it was freakin amazing :) if you went to the concert e-mail me! Idrankpop@aol.com

 Hey party people!! Well I was at the Detroit show, Sept. 28th. This is probaly one of the best hanson hows I have ever been too. I've been to 5 now but this one tops them all. My best friend Sarah and I tried harder then hell to get backstage passes, we even called Island Records and talked to Anna Marcus, one of the tour promoters. Anyhow we wern't able to get any, soooooo we made homeaid ones!! I'm serious. So the show started at 7:30 pm but we were there at 5:30, we were right next to their tour busses. Hanson had already went into the building at 4 pm so we had missed them but just standing in line was cool. Someone inside the tour bus was playing Mario Cart, you could see it on the t.v. screen. All these crazzy people though it was Zac and they were banging on the side of the bus. And then this dude pops up and looks at all of us out the window and says " Hey does anyone want MY autograph??" LOL it was Scott Hogan. then he laughed and shut the blinds to the bus. He seemed pretty cool. Ok anyhow, so about 7:12 they start to let us in to the building. After the entire crowd was breaking out in chant, "Let us in! we need heat!" :) Once inside it was really awesome, my best friend Sarah and I were up in the balcanoy. But we could still see everything really good. M2M came out first, I'm not going to say much on them because alot of you hanson fans like them and I don't want any "hate mail" from you m2m fans for me dogging them.. but I'll just say that when they came out half of the people sat down. And after every song the one chick, the one with long blackish hair said (real dippy-like) "Uh thank you, like thank you very much, hehehehe!" Ok back to Hanson :)))) by the way guys (Ike, Tay, Zac next time book Admiral Twin, they RAWK!) Ok so of course my hanson boys put on a hell of a show, about mid way though the show some people in the front had those little glow sticks and one kid threw one and hit Zac in the shoulder *ouch!* while he was singing "Wish that I was there" and after the song he picked it up (the glow stick) and tossed it back into the crowd and said "Would you guys PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEEE stop throwing these things at me!" And then he laughed, but you could tell he was a little ticked. Oh yea, Zac had on cargo pants and a white and black shirt, I couldn't tell what was on the front but it looked like an old Mod Squad shirt. It was cool. Isaac had on a tanish leather shirt with blacksih grey tight pants, and Taylor had on a dark shirt and cool looking black pants. Later on Ike changed into a black "wifebeater". LOL Ok so after the show, (my ears are ringing and my throat is barely able to wisper) Sarah and I went downstairs bought a tour program and a poster, then asked how we got backstage. This big dude was like "Uh I don't think so kids." I looked at him and flashed my (FAKE!) pass and he was like "Oh I'm sorry you go right back there and down the stairs." I was like HOLY CRAP it worked?!?! so we walked down to the main floor and they were taking apart Zacs set (I took some pictures). This other kid told us to go back to the double doors at the side. So we're like on cloud 9 right? Sarah and I were like "Holy Sh*t" I can't belive we're getting backstage! But then the big huge black dude was like lemme see your passes, and we looked at them and was like "These don't look right, hold on" So he gets on his little walkie talkie and some chick came down and was like "Those arn't anything!!" So sad to say we didn't get backstage. (NEXT TIME!!!!) So we walked outside around back with about 10,000 other kids and waited by their tour bus. About 1 hour 1/2 later They came out, we we're right next to the door!!! They shook a few hands ( no autographs :*() Taylor slapped my hand and I handed Zac a flower I had found in the street. He's like "Cool!" And smiled at me. Isaac had on a baseball hat and they all looked sooo cute. Their so tall, ecspecially Zac! He was like 5'10" because I'm 5'6" and was way taller then me. Anyhow that was my hanson experience. I have some pictures, but I don't have a scanner. If anyone wants to see some pics email me at sassafras_junkie@hotmail.com THanks for one hell of a show guys, and don't worry we love you even more THIS TIME AROUND!! see ya next year! Crystal-

 hey all this is my concert review from columbus ohio september 26th it's an awesome concert if you have'nt seen it your in for a treat O.k. I tired to win tickets on wnci( our local radio station) that cam wiht backstage passes and on monday for 2,3,4row wiht meet ad great instead on mmmbop it was mmmdrop you had to drop a portbale phohne form a second story building then on tuesday for 5ht rwo you had to drop something in your toilet and whosse ever had the best splash won and someone on wiht a bolwing ball then for front row you had to sat on hold for an hour and say mmmbop the whoel time.I did'nt win anything. I got home form school at about 3.10pm and whe where leaving at 4.00 my dad surprised me adn came home 15 minutes early after he ate and i hung the window sings we were on our way. When we got to columbus we parked at teh state house gargae and we walked to the palce as we were walking down the street i saw hasnon on the little thing that says whats' going on i flipped out i was so excited. We arrived at the palce at about 5.00 pm and we talked to other pplk waitting around teh doors aopend at 6.00pm so we had a while and it was a lot of fun just sittign there. when the doors opened and since they have old ppl that work there they were freaking out cause there was this big scream and i was the second person in the doors and the second person at the t-shirt table i got a hasnon shirt a program and a glow stick and i spent my money in 5 minutes that i had been saving up fro for 3 months or so. Me and my dad found our seats at 3RD ROW BALCONY and they were good seats. I thne started trying to find a friend casue she was trying to get me backstage but she could'nt i found her and she went to go find her seats i lost her then i asked the usher if i could go find my friend she siad yeah and i got 4th rwo up there and saw he stage up close it was so cool. I found my dad and he said that they said us in the wrong seats we were in like 22nd row balcony m2m cmae on and it was o.k. but no one was sitting in 2nd row baclony when hasnon came on so we sat there and we had great seast. It was reallyloud. The firist song was look at you i ythink ( i was too busy screaming) and tay was wearing jeans and a red t0shirt and ike was weraing jeans and a green tank top wiht a cocver up wich later got tken off and zac was wearing tan pants and a yellow shirt. Taylort was teaching the crwd somthign and his handon looked like they were goign to fall off his body. Then when they introduced the badn he was "like bowing down to them" the girl behind me was screaming so loud durring more than anyhitng that hte girl oin front of me said can you quiet down i want to here the words. Then isaac said they bad thing about ear piece in is anyone can say anythign to you zac just said somehtign to me. They said bye guys then as they were lewaivng someone grabbed tays foot and would'nt let go and someone throw a rose on the stage and it hit issac of course everyoen was screaming and chanting we want more and hasnon hanson so they came back out and when zac tok out his ponytail everyone was screaming they played man from millwakee and when zac had his part the thing his drum was on lit up in green and then taylor took over on drums and zac was sing i want you to want me and that was by himself he started touchign fnas hands and it was awesome that was my favorite part of the concert and zac was basically being his crazy self. My dad was sitting down even though hew likes hanson he said the balcony was shackign the whoel time but i only felt it in mmbop, tta, if only and where'a the love the conert ended at about 9.45 and we got home at 10.30 i had no voice and i did'nt get it back till the day after about after noon it was the best concert i have been too and it was the sceond one i was at hasnon wise and it roxed sorry about the spelling errors i knows there's proabbly a lot and i'm sorry and all times are in est stacey

 Hi my name is Sarah And on Sep,6th i went to see hanson in richmond,virginia earlier that day i had went to a meet and greet and got there autograph i had to miss the second day of school. That night i went to to the concert is rocked they were jumping around and they were trying really hard to get the crowed pumped and it worked! unfourtunatley i had sucky seats but at the end me and a group of about 20 girls waited for hanson to come out the came out and i said There they are! Everyone went running and they just stood there at the doors and smiled so everyone could take pictures then they said thanks for comming and got on there bus zac got one and was waving from the window it was tinted so i could hardley see him I went to another concert in september in washington d.c my friend and i went and mett 2 girls there that we mett off the internet we both had horrible seats and we started running towards the front and we found 4 seats that no one was sitting in and the concert was about to start so we just sat in them, i wore a bright orange shirt so that i could be noticed and i waved at tay and he waved back zac kept looking at me and laughing because i was going crazy then taylor goes " i cant live another day without you ! and pointed at me at that point i screamed and jumped up as high as i ever have in my life and screamed of course zac starts laughing at me again at the last few songs i asked the gaurd if i could run up to the stage he said yes so i ran up and taylor reached down and grabbed my hand and zac almost did but he missed but , the concert was awesome!

 We saw Hanson in Houston Tues Aug 15th (I had seen them there on Albertane in `98 also) I met Scott, Mackie, and Jess waved at me and Avie sprayed me with her gun(me & only me might I add!).I also met Scott,Jason and Matt.The concert ROCKED of course but Ike was getting SO mad b/c people kept pushing.I was on 2end row on his side.A few times I thought he was gonna chunk his guitar at someone and walk off stage (oTAY I`m exaggerating-but he was not in the best of moods)At the end of the show I stood on the barrigade in front of their bus(I was all pressed against the front window) & Jess & Zac waved at me(they probably thought I was crazy!-Jess was looking like "what are you DOING!?"and Zac gave me that goofy Zac-like smile & wave )I got to Baton Rouge at about 10:30a.m. for the signing. Me and my friend walked around to look for a D.J.(Margie), when we finally found her she told me that things were to hectic and Hanson had cancled the V.I.P. so there was nothing they could do(i was supposed to specially meet them-I had been disscussing things with 102.5 for over a month).After being given this most devestating news, I cryed my eyes out for half an hour,then decided to suck it up. layTor I got to meet them in line. I gave Issac my scrapbook(I had been working on it for 2 years).They were so cool.After they signed everyone's stuff they walked on this lil stage and sang part of "This time around." Me and my friend were right against the bar to the right of them. Taylor came over to us and he look RIGHT at me, walked over and grabbed MY hand!!! It was cool cuz he didint grab anyone elses hand. He was telling me something but I couldn't hear him(Damn screaming teenyboppers!). When it was time for them to leave I ran after them . Well while I was busy chasing hanson my friend was smart enough to go and look for things they left. Well she was lucky enough to get a hold of ZAC'S MELLOW YELLOW CAN!!! She gave it to me.After that was all over and no one was around I took the purple covers that were on the table they were signing autographs on!! onto New Orleans!I got there at 9:00a.m. We sat aound for HOURS!! I met Scott again plus Jason & Matt.Hanson's bus got there layTor.I was in the front against the bar(as usual) and Elise(my friend) wrote a letter to Hanson telling them about my scrapbook. Issac came out first and I shoved the letter in his hand and he snatched it and then smiled at me. Next Zac came out but he ran by quick. Then Taylor came out and grabbed my hand. Later, we were talking to Ashley Greyson.I asked him if there was a scrapbook on the bus and he says"yeah,theres a black scrapbook on there,they were messing with it last night"(that would be MY black scrapbook on HANSON`S BUS!!) One time I was standing by the bus&the lil Hanson's came out. I had been talking to Mackie almost all day in Houston so I tapped him on his head and he looked up at me and said "Hey! I remember you! I saw you! It was so awesome! When we FINALLY got in the building I was RIGHT up against the bar in front of Taylor (in Houston I was in front of Isaac) oTAY to make a LONG story short,I`ll skip to the highlights of the night. Zac was slapping peoples hands on my side but he didnt slap mine. He was walking away waving and his eyes stopped dead on me. Then he came back and grabbed my hand and smiled. I was SO shocked! I thought they must remember me, probably from the scrapbook. Well that would be the 1st of MANY times that Zac grabbed my hand!. Eventually, it might sound crazy, but I jumped over the bar! Security tried to make me go back but I started FREAKING out cuz I couldnt get back in my spot so they let me stay!!!!! IT WAS AWESOOOOOOOME!!! I was RIGHT AGAINST THE STAGE IN FRONT OF TAY!!! Zac came over and I reached my hands for him and he HANDED me his beat up drumsticks!!!!! Then Isaac came over to me and was playing the guitar all up in my face!! I took a pic of him! Zac sang "I want you to want me" solo and Tay played the drums.Zac ran all around the stage and even jumped off the drums. I can't even count how many times they grabbed my hand.It was so AMAZING! After the show we hung for 2 hours. We were talking to a roadie and their driver (plus Scott & Jason a few times MOrE)(hanson had left in a van) A security guard came up to me and was talking to us. Then he whispered and asked "do u want me to see if they left anything in their dressing room??" I flipped out and said "OMG YES!!!" He came back with Isaac's water bottle and a sweat towel!!! He was like "there is a shirt up there ,its the middle ones. but i cant get it until everyone leaves" and we started SPAZZIN OUT!!! We told him to get us some garbage in the mean time. Then my sister drove up!! We were like "DAMN!" and then we see someone shaking something white between us...and we turned around and it was **TAYLOR HANSONS SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!(We found out layTor it was Ikes) It was white long sleeved and kinda country lookin'! It had to be the BEST night of my life!! Hanson just ROCK, what can I say?!oTAY well, THE END -Ashley Borne- Hanson_NxDx@yahoo.com

First of all I would like to say, the hanson concert that I went to was best day of my life. I live in Minnesota and hanson wasn't going there on tour. My friend has relatives in Pittsburgh, PA, her and I got AWESOME hanson tickets to that concert so we got airplane tix and flew there. We stayed with her grandparents. Monday September 25, 2000- We got to the Aj Palumbo center about 2 hours before the doors opened and we stood outside and it started to rain, but we had umbrellas so it was ok....then I took some pics of the tour busses.....anyways after about and hour Diana walked by.. AHHHH shes SOOOO pretty and SOOOOO skinny..she was really nice.. I was sooo close to getting Bsps from Walker but it didn't happen.. :( Next the doors opened and I went and spent a TON of money on hanson stuff..did I mention this was my FIRST hanson concert? Well it was :) Eventually I made my way through to the gym where the concert was... YES it was a huge gymnasium..lol....it was really small so basiclly any seat was good but personally I thought mine was the best :) I had first row on the balcony.....Well after about an hour of freaking out the lights finally turned off and M2M came out and sang....I didn't even stand up when they sang....no one did..we all sat in our seats..it was soo funny.....when they were finished it was about a half an hour before hanson came out and when they did WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAA.. is all I can say OMG they are SOOOOOO DAMN FINE!!! My friend and I made a sign that said, "ALL THE WAY FROM MINNESOTA", after the first song Zac said, "HELLO PITTSBURGH!!!!....OH AND HELLO MINNESOTA!" I thought I was going to DIE!!!! Well then they continued on and played a bunch of songs....Then I met up with one of my friends during hanson's break and she had floor seats up REALLY CLOSE to taylor and she snuck me down there with her for a song and AHHHH OMG taylor is SOOOOOO HOT...I took some awesome pics of him....Then I went back up to my seats..the next song they played was "If Only" HOLY CRAP..when tay played that harmonica I started BAWLING so hard...and I like couldn't stop... he is sooooo fine...it was weird..like for awhile I didn't feel like I was really at a hanson concert...it just wasn't real to me...but when tay played that harmonica I knew it was real!!!! When they played MMMbop I cried tooo....LOL..well that was the song that got me hooked on them in the first place, ya know? Then after MMMbop Zac said, " You guys, your sign is upside down!" then the spotlight moved on us and we looked down at our sign and it wasn't upside down, then Zac said, "Made ya look!" and he started laughing at us!!! It was sooooo cool! Then like all the sudden all these girls that had good floor seats were coming up and standing by us.... this one girl was like, "Amber your Zac's eye candy." I was like AHHHHH NO I'M NOT!!!! Then I started freaking even more. They had to cut the concert short though b/c Zac was sick :( Well that was the concert...and also the best day of my life! «´¨`·.¸¸.*Amber*.¸¸.·´¨`» *Screw snapple, I'm the best stuff on earth*

 Hanson concert in Charlotte, NC August 31st, 2000 Ovens Auditorium By: Courtney!! (RoxyQHanson@aol.com) Kodi, Summers, Kodi's mom and I left for Charlotte right after school on Thursday (Aug. 31st). It took us 2 hours to get to Charlotte, but we actually overshot the Ovens Auditorium, so we didn't arrive there until 6:45 PM. We brought with us a big blow-up 6 ft. Shamu because we heard that Zac had this "thing" with Shamu. On the tail (with silver paint pen) We wrote "To Zac: Now you can have your very own personal Shamu…except his name is ShaMOE. Love, Summers, Kodi, and Courtney". When we arrived me and Kodi went to the box office to get our tickets since we had preferred MOE seats. (11th row~Right Center) At first they would not give them to me because I didn't have any ID with me (no one told me I had to have it), so I almost started crying then Kodi was like "you have your MOE card". So I used that and I got the tix. Then Summers came with the whale. Security wouldn't let us bring the whale in (or any signs that people made). They said "come back after the show and we'll give it back to you". So we went to get merchandise. I got a baby doll tee, program, and the show poster. Then we went to our seats because Neve (pronounced Neeeeeeve) came out (Hanson's opening band), which I personally thought they were bad. Anyways…our seats were the 11th row on Taylor's side. We stayed at our seats through most of the concert. Hanson was rockin'! They even sang my fave "Save Me", which we were totally NOT expecting so that was a BIG SURPRISE. Later we found out that this was the first concert they have sang it at. There were these 2 nasty girls 2 rows in front of us and during "mmmbop" they got up on their chairs and I couldn't see Taylor~well I HAD to see Taylor so I pushed them and they basically fell out of their chairs. I know it was mean but hey I had to see my baby. Then during "In the City" everyone ran to the front. I was on the 2nd row right in front of Taylor. Then Tay got on the drums and Zac came out and sand "I want you to want me"! It was so awesome because I had never been that close to them in my entire life. They are absolutely gorgeous. Zac is so NOT fat. He wore a wife beater and gah that boy has muscles! They kept touching the audiences hands. I tried SO harxd to touch them and I finally touched Tay's hand! It was awesome! So then the concert was over so we went to get our whale. They said all the posters and stuff were upstairs. We went up there and the whale was nowhere to be found. So we went back downstairs and asked a security lady if she had seen a whale go by and she said "yeah, about an hour ago 3 girls came by and go it." We were so mad. I mean geeze, it had our names on it and everything. So anyways we went home. That concert was awesome!! (esp. since I touched Tay's hand!!) Hanson's clothes: Isaac: Black pin stripe pants and a black shirt Taylor: Burgondy long sleeves button up shirt w/ olive-y khaki pants Zac: Blue wife beater and olive green shorts (LONG ones though) Songs they sang: Thinking of You, MMMBop, Speechless, Look at You, Lucy, Man from Milwaukee, Stories, Money, This Time Around, Runaway Run, Sure About It, You Never Know, If Only, In the City, Lonely Again, Save Me, I Don't Know, Smile, A Song to Sing, Sunshine of Your Love, Piece of My Heart, I Want You to Want Me Hanson Concert Myrtle Beach, SC Sept. 3rd, 2000 House of Blues By: Courtney!! (RoxyQHanson@aol.com) We left for the beach right after school on Friday, although the concert wasn't until Sunday. Rachel was flying in that night from Atlanta so we went and picked her up from the airport around midnight when she flew in. The next day, Saturday, we hung out on the beach all day. Rachel and I came in around 4. Then my mom and sister wrote "HANSON" really huge on the beach. Later on this immature brat decides to write "sucks" after it. So Rach and me run down and erase it and write "Rocks". That night we went to bed around 10 because we had to get up at 4:30 the next morning. This Hanson concert was general admission- first come, first serve. So we had planned to get there around 6 am. So we got up, got ready and were there at 6. There were already about 10 girls there. We were not allowed to go on the premises until 7. So we stood outside in the pouring rain in trash bags (we didn't have an umbrella!) until 7. Then at 7 we went up and got into the usual line. We sat there and chatted all morning. Summers and Kodi got there around 7 and sat with us. We talked to these girls in the very front of the line-Erin and Magda. They are MAJOR Hanson groupies. They have gone to pretty much all of their concerts. They had 2 HUGE photo albums full of very close pix that they had taken. I personally think that they stalk Hanson. But Erin was really sweet. We were bored (we got bored A LOT that day) around 10 so we went around the back of the House of Blues. We saw 2 blue tour buses. We talked to the "roadies" and they said that Hanson would arrive at 3 in the red tour bus for a soundcheck. So we went back in the line. My mom brought us lunch and more people started arriving. Then around 2 my mom came back to hold our place in line while we went to see Hanson arrive. Around 3:20 (Hanson's NEVER on time) the red tour bus pulls up. It takes awhile for the first person to come out. It was Zac but he ran in, didn't wave or anything. I barley knew it was him because it all happened so fast and I only saw him from the back and he was wearing the same thing he did in Charlotte though. Then Mackie comes out. Jessica came out next with Avie. Then Walker came out, I didn't know it was him until someone told me because I thought he still had a mustache but he didn't anymore. Then Diana comes out holding Zoë. Man, her hair is so long. Then after that we waited about 15 minutes (Ike & Tay have to make their entrances) and finally Ike comes out and he waved. Then about 5 more minutes's later Tay walks out and he waves too. While we were waiting for Hanson's tour bus to pull up though, the roadies went on their bus and brought out boxes of all kinds of drinks. I got bottled water. I never opened it thought because it's "tour bus water". Then we went back to stand in line. I went to change clothes and get ready for the concert though. While we were back in line we could hear Hanson do a couple of songs during their soundcheck. There were 2 lines forming to get into the HOB and we asked if they were going to open the doors at the same time and they said yeah. Well we were furious because some of those people had just gotten there around 4 or 5 PM and we had been there since 6 am. Then another line starts to form of girls who had their tickets signed by security so they could go in first. WE thought that was totally unfair. At 7 PM the doors opened. Kodi, Sums, Rach, and I all grabbed onto each other and "ran" (they said if they caught you running you would be kicked out) to the pit. Kodi wanted to be on Ike's side since in Charlotte we were on Tay's side. That was fine with all of us. (Plus Tay's keyboards were angled so he was looking in our direction). So we ended up getting 2nd row right smack dab in front of Ike. SO we stood there for an hour chatting with other fans. I was about to fall asleep because it had been such a long day (13 hours of waiting for Hanson). The around 8:15 (Hanson's not on time again) Hanson comes out singing "You Never Know". I just start crying. I had never been so close to them in my entire life and it was a dream come true. Isaac makes the weirdest faces when he plays his guitar. The concert was freakin awesome except for the fact that I was a sardine the whole time! But the kewlest thing, I thought, was that I got drenched by Tay's and Zac's water bottles! That's all I have ever wanted to happen at the Hanson concerts and it did! I just let the water drip down my face, I didn't even bother to wipe it off. Then Zac comes over to our side and says, "here is a piece of my drum set". I swear that he was trying to hand it to me or Kodi because he looked right at us. I touched it for a like a half second then the girl in front of me got it. That really ticked me off though. Hanson sang "magic carpet ride"! I wanted to hear that so bad so I'm really glad that they sang it. Taylor came over to our side during "In the city" and right in front of me & Rach Tay kept acting like he was going to stick his hand out in the audience and he did (but it was so quick I didn't get to touch him). I did make eye contact with him though a bunch. His eyes are so gorgeous! The last song they sand was "this time around" a cappella. Then they left. Afterwards me & Rach ran to the back so we could see Hanson get back on their tour bus. But her heard it would be an hour before they would come out. We were tired so we decided to just leave and plus we saw them get off the bus. My mom bought me a keychain, lanyard, and show poster. We talked to Jenna and Elizabeth after the concert. Jenna had 2nd row in front of Taylor-touched his hand and got Ike's guitar pick. Liz got separated from her and was about 3rd or 4th row in front of Zac. So then we all went back to the hotel. Rachel had to leave at 6 am the next morning. My mom came back and said, "there was a big red tour bus in front of the Fairfield inn". I wasn't sure if that was them or not so I called the inn and they said that the bus had been there for 2 days. So I knew it wasn't them. We drove by just to make sure though, and it wasn't/ But Sunday was yet another AWESOME day I will never forget! Hanson's clothes: Isaac: beige leather pants, burgundy button down shirt, navy blue boxers (hey we saw 'em!) and a white wife beater Taylor: Jeans, a blue-ish shirt w/ kewl designs and a black wife beater Zac: Jimmy Hendrix shirt and red-ish/purple-ish corduroy pants Songs Hanson sang: Thinking of You, MMMBop, Speechless, Look At You, A Minute Without You, Man From Milwaukee, Stories, This Time Around, Runaway Run, Can't Stop, Love Song, Wish That I was There, Sure About It, You Never Know, Hand in Hand, If Only, Save Me, I Don't Know, Smile, Magic Carpet Ride, Can't Always Get What You Want, Johnny B. Goode

The concert at the Murat Theatre in Indy last night (Saturday the 7th of October) rocked. They played Bridges of Stones for the first time live. they played (in this order): You Never Know, then I think it was I Don't Know but I'm not sure, but they said don't a lot :P, Then Runaway Run, Sure About It, THinking of You, Peice of My Heart, (set change), Lucy, Song To Sing, Money, (set change), Can't Always Get What You Want, A Minute Without You, Dying to Be Alive, Bridges of Stone, Sunshine of Your Love, If Only, Speechless (with backup band intros), This Time Around, MMMBop, In The City, Gimme Some Lovin, and Man From Milwaakee. Enclosed is a pic from the very end that I took, Zac's head is a little blurry. My full review and pics and stuff will be up soon at http://www.weird.hanson.org/murat.htm Amber (XxXamberXxX@imtoosexy.com)

Hi, my name is Danielle and I am 18 years old, from union city, California. Hanson at the Warfield was one of the best days of my life! By the stroke of god , I won  meet and greet passes for their concert. If your wondering how and why Taylor picked me up, well  I'm still wondering my self, its still all a blur. Lets just put it this way Isaac told me I  need to go on medication while Taylor said  Gimme some Lovin. After that whole shenanigan I went to watch the concert  which was the best concert ever. I wish it would have never ended. If anyone wants  a Hanson e-mail pal or just want to share stories email me {Danielle Lopez}

Just letting you know that the Hanson concert in Chicago that sold out in 5 min definitely rocked!!!! my friend who doesn't even like Hanson said that it was fun and that they are really really good!! I heard from one of the security guards that Taylor wasn't feeling well, but he still gave 110%!!! i felt so bad for him though because sometimes after a song he would bend over and hold his stomach!! I wanted to jump on stage and help him, but by the end he seemed to be ok. My friend and i got to sneak up to the fourth row so i was so happy to be only 15 feet away from my idol!! It was an amazing show and i hope Hanson does just as awesome at all their other tour stops!! {Heidi}

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